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We are living in an increasingly interconnected world and at Socia we see issues of collaboration and leadership all around us. Some of our most recent comments are here for you to read …
Week 15: What have we learned in 100 days?
Life before the lockdown feels an age ago. In fact, it’s just 100 days and so we’ve been reflecting on the changes that leaders have faced as the weeks turned into months. At the beginning, the sudden shock of lockdown was a problem that had to be addressed with...
Week 14: Time for more cross-organisational conversations
As high streets cautiously re-open their doors to shoppers and people look forward to the possibility of enjoying some sort of summer holiday, public health officials try to forecast the likelihood of a second wave of the epidemic and business leaders explore multiple...
Week 13: Leaders have tough choices ahead
Leaders have been on an unprecedented journey in the last three months. The shock of the dramatic lockdown in March prompted the need to control events. The government acted in a necessarily directive manner telling sectors who could trade or not, enforcing home based...
Week 12: Little things can make a big difference
Nearly 3 months into lockdown, it’s a good time to review what we’ve learned and, assuming we’re going to be leading teams remotely for some time to come, to invest some time and effort in improving the experience for all concerned. Here are some of the tips we’ve...
Week 11: Leaders use what they can control – to make things better
More than two months into lockdown and some leaders report a sense of powerlessness. For the first few weeks, the talk was of a quick ‘bounce back’ to normality, but the reality is becoming clear. There is no simple reset button that restarts organisational life as it...
Week 10: Leadership endurance & sharing control
New policy announcements and changes to government lockdown advice across the UK mean that for many businesses and their leaders this week feels like the transition to a new phase in dealing with this epidemic, and as with any transition this can bring both enhanced...
Improving Board Performance across sectors
Board members from different sectors have much to learn from one another – and perhaps all could benefits from using a common framework for evaluating their performance.
Collaboration in the Boardroom
The design of a Board requires effective collaboration between Executive and Non-Exec Directors - but that's not easy. Click here to listen to Alex and David discussing the challenges of encouraging effective collaboration in the Boardroom. [button...
Collaborative leadership and Coalition Government
With a UK general election fast approaching what lessons do politicians need to learn from business leaders about working in coalitions? Click here to listen to David and Alex discussing how collaborative leadership capability may be a key element of building an...
Socia in conversation… Better governance for Programme Boards
The pressure on Programme Boards grows as the scale and duration of some major programmes matches that of medium sized companies. And the work involved in contracting a complex set of interconnected suppliers to support the delivery of these programmes is a long way...
Socia in conversation… Encouraging diversity in the Boardroom
The press has been full of articles discussing how Boards should be more representative of the organisations they lead. Clearly this discussion has focused on the issue of gender diversity and how to encourage more women onto Board positions and the success or...
Socia in conversation… Managing change in an interconnected world
In today's interconnected business world a successful change programme can't stop at the boundaries of your own organisation. To get the benefits of new ways of working, streamlined procedures or technological innovation often means getting your partners and other...
Partnership working at DSTL
Socia is working with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to help implement their new business plan - which is based on more partnership working with industry and university research facilities.
Socia Board survey quoted in the Financial Times
FT columnist Stefan Stern has written an article on the learning that private, public and 3rd sector Boards can take from one another which quotes from the Socia Board surveyand Board leadership seminar. You can read his article on the FT website (full access may...
