The end product of really successful leadership is a high performing team and its possibly one of the hardest elements to get right for most first time leaders.  Most first time leaders haven’t had experience in delegation, managing people, providing direction – the list goes on.  The evidence of your effectiveness as a leader lies...Read More

Charlotte is an ambitious founder and first-time leader of a scale up in the engineering / technology sector and has spent a couple of years developing the idea into a workable MVP. Along the way, she has successfully received investment for the idea and has subsequently formed a team of employees around her.  The problem...Read More

We work with lots of leaders in scale ups, many of whom have challenges with measuring the performance of their R&D teams. Traditional performance measurement activities (a KPI or OKR approach) apply clearly defined measures to evaluate performance outcomes. They explain acceptable performance, and the data provides timely information on performance.  They work mostly in...Read More

As a leader one of your important responsibilities is to developing individuals in your organisation.  One key area of development, especially as the business grows and their management and leadership responsibilities grow, is leadership development itself. At the strategic level the work of fostering effective leaders for today’s performance and tomorrow’s growth is a vital...Read More

Four steps for leaders looking for progress from their teams. The subjects of our leadership sessions can be simply grouped into two areas: creating a strategy and the ability to execute that strategy.  Or put simply working on “where do you want to go?” or “how are you going to get there”? As a leader...Read More

Resilience is a real buzzword at the moment for businesses and their leaders.  A resilient business is one which can overcome problems, address challenges head on and make the most of opportunities.  Regardless of current affairs each and every business operates in an uncertain, ambiguous, volatile and complex environment and therefore a key trait of all...Read More

Spending years and years with entrepreneurs I have learned that the functions of a true entrepreneur are wide and varied.  Entrepreneurs continue to wear many hats and carry out many roles.  This is more and more prevalent at the start of a businesses journey.  The key for the entrepreneur is to balance their efforts at...Read More

Being a good leader isn’t easy.  Whether you have climbed the ladder and become a leader or started a business and become a leader you will find that there are a number of common traps that you’re in danger of falling into. If you want to be a successful leader, avoid the following 10 mistakes....Read More

Email can be a great tool to communicate with.  However, user beware!  Review the following questions – how bad are you at managing your email? Is your inbox cluttered?How regularly do you check your emails?Do you open an email as soon as it arrives?Do you email when you could have phoned?Do you use CC and...Read More