by David Archer | covid19, unlocking leadership
As government restrictions are lifted it falls to individual employers to decide the right balance of home and office-based working to ensure; the safety of employees, the performance of the business, the sustainable development of new products/services and the...
by David Archer | covid19, unlocking leadership
In some ways ‘how do I lead my team?’ might seem an unnecessary question for a leadership blog – after all we’ve all been working incredibly hard to lead teams over the last 14 months of lockdown and learnt a lot in the process. But as we take cautious steps along the...
by David Archer | covid19, unlocking leadership
Back in the office for the first time and I realised that the transition from home of office working is not a trivial change. It felt exciting, unsettling, and disorientating and that was just the commute! And working so close to other people will take some getting...
by David Archer | blog, covid19
“TS Elliot may have said that April is the cruellest month – but February is giving it a run for its money this year” There’s no doubt that leading an organisation is a tough job right now – as that quote from a colleague shows. And there’s nothing...
by Alex Cameron | blog, covid19
The turn of the year is always a time for both looking back, reflecting on the highs and lows of the last 12 months and looking forward with hope to the Spring to come. Given the exceptional circumstances of 2020 it’s all too easy to want to put last year behind us as...
by David Archer | blog, covid19
In early November Burger King posted an advert on Twitter with the title ‘Order from McDonald’s’. Whilst at one level this was an eye-catching bit of marketing, the text which addressed the question of supporting take-away food outlets of all kinds as we enter another...