Thoughts on People and HR

Everyone in your company at some level is jockeying for position

Everyone has blind spots, and CEOs are no different. One of the biggies is forgetting that you’re the only one at the top of the tree. Even in a company…
“We take off 3% before we’ve even started” – Laura Hannan of Pitch121

“We take off 3% before we’ve even started” – Laura Hannan of Pitch121

Every so often, your company may donate to charity. And that’s fantastic. But what if you committed to give 3% of your sales revenue come what may? Including if you…

Where’s “happy” in your strategy?

If you’re running a company, and especially if you’re running a company you founded, I have one question for you. Why are you doing it? Seriously. Why do you do…

Good leadership is a paradox solved by context

“10 things all good leaders do”. Nice clickbait, but almost always trite, misleading and written by someone who’s not led their own way out of a paper bag. Because there’s…

Is your company suffering the great resignation or the great reshuffle?

The great reshuffle is a far more accurate description of what’s happening than the great resignation (sadly, I didn’t coin that!). And for those of you running companies, once you…

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