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Research confirms that a typical leader / manager spends 95% of their time 'doing' and less than 5% of their time thinking, reflecting, considering ideas and planning appropriately. When I shared[...]

Employee Engagement: Leader’s Perspective  Under the leadership of Tim Bodenham, Founder and Managing Director, Ian Pain, Director, and a talented senior management team, the specialist student[...]

Martin Spray CBE was Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) for over 13 years before moving into a Chairman role.  Responsible for more than 600 staff and 900[...]

At the start of this new decade, the importance of the business plan comes into focus again. But what if you are amongst the many businesses that does not have a business plan?  And of the[...]

Securing a team of talented people who are equipped and motivated to achieve a clear vision is fundamental to effective leadership.  Whether or not an organisation is able to recruit[...]

"It is said so often it has almost became a truism, "People do not like change". Well, I don't accept that and as business leaders we should not accept that. We have a duty to lead change,[...]

In your December board meetings, how many conversations began "let’s not change anything about our business next year, we’ll just hope for more of the same & tick along"?   Thought not[...]

This is a time of year when many of us will reflect on the year that’s passed and make plans for the next. For more than seven years, I’ve had the privilege of sharing many[...]

As the year draws to a close, it is customary to make a list of resolutions; all the ‘bad’ habits we’re going to break and the ‘good’ new behaviours we intend to adopt. Often, our best intentions[...]

‘Every day’s a school day’ the saying goes.  Learning to lead is a process of ‘transforming’ for the individual as leader, and for those around them, which spans a business-lifetime[...]

Leaders are made not born. As we grow, learn and work we are shaped by those around us – our parents, teachers, peers and bosses. They can inspire self-belief.  For Ian Brewster, Contracts[...]

It’s often been said that the ‘best view comes after the hardest climb’.  Growing a business is no easy task. And, leading any business through the changes that growth inevitably incurs is[...]