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How leaders react to problems has a direct impact on their teams, their results and ultimately their leadership. Some leaders spring into action, marshaling their troops, seeking out the root cause and look to address it as quickly as possible. Other focus on trying to find out who is responsible,...

There is no doubt that successful leaders are made, not born. During the course of my career, it has been the people who have learned from mistakes, observed other great leaders and developed themselves who have been able to inspire and motivate their teams to succeed. And really, that’s what...

The evidence gets clearer every year: diversity pays.  You hear it from academia: “Diversity is associated with increased sales revenue, more customers, greater market share, and greater relative profits,” according to the University of Chicago. And it’s the conclusion of top consultants: “Top-team ethnic and cultural diversity is correlated with...

Every year consulting firm Deloitte produces a survey that captures the current zeitgeist with regards to working culture. Called the Deloitte Millennial Survey it asks a range of questions with regards to the thoughts and feelings that the latest generation of workers have towards business. I’ve been reading the reports...

When organisations analyse their culture and determine their values ‘gratitude’ isn’t a trait that is likely to appear, and yet it is increasingly evidenced as being critical for personal well-being and organisational success. In a working world that’s constantly changing and throwing up obstacles and challenges, the ability for leaders...

“Why do we need a brand?” is a question I have been asked many times in my career in marketing. Most often the question comes from the CEO or CFO of a B2B brand or the founder of a start-up enterprise, though I have had the question from B2C companies,...

When you make a substantial technology investment for your company, are you thinking: “I’d like to deploy a system where I can take the most mundane aspects of my processes and get better at them?” Or do you think “I’d like to eliminate the most mundane aspects of my process.”...

What keeps CEOs up at night? Concerns range from the (maybe) imagined (what is their executive team not telling them?) to the likely who will be the next competitor to step out of nowhere?). Being a good leader doesn’t mean you should always be able to answer these questions. Even...

There are times when teams will be more stretched than usual. Very often, this is due to unforeseen circumstances resulting in unprecedented demand expectations. The unexpected scenarios are varied and could be, a new industry entrant, regulatory event, key personnel changes (good people make things look easier than they are)...

Trump’s fake news, the Brexit roller-coaster, climate change… We live in unsettled times. It’s not easy to forecast the direction of anything, let alone markets, and the Prime Central London residential property market is no exception. Buying or investing at this time naturally entails some risk, but it also offers...