A number of businesses I meet are dying slowly. Often without knowing it. And it’s just like the sunny spell we’re enjoying in the UK. I know. It’s the summer. Sun’s out. And here I am talking about business death, and relating it to the sunshine. Here’s why. There was a fascinating article recently in […]
Values
Marketing has fuelled ill in the world. It can do better.
Marketing has been responsible for sooo many of the ills we’re suffering in today’s world. Overconsumption is the biggie. Encapsulated in the perceptive statement that “we buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like”. Personally, I think in many ways, marketing just amplifies what already exists in […]
Each policy you add is a small nail in the trust coffin
Are you loading up your company with policies? So often I see SMEs feeling like they need to add a detailed policy for expenses, another for travel, for mobile phones, for toilet paper folding, male sandal-wearing and on and on and on. Sometimes, a policy makes sense. But often, sense makes more sense. This welcome […]
As CEO, would you trust your team to set your pay? Henry Stewart, CEO of Happy Ltd
Trust – much aspired to within companies – starts at the top. The more you trust your team, the more of a trusting culture you will build. Henry Stewart, CEO of Happy Ltd, took that to a place very few would be willing to go. At pay review time for the company, he asked his […]
Would you sack your biggest client to keep your team happy? – Richard Clarke of Secret Source
Would you sack your biggest client if they were making your team unhappy? Create a BIG hole in your revenue and profit? Actually put some of your team at risk due to the financial hit? “We want our team to be happy”. Pretty much every company says this at some level. And in the inimitable […]