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22 October 2013 / by Ashley Freeman

Award Winners!

We tend to reserve this space for some good, wholesome thought leadership, however we also reserve the right to indulge ourselves from time to time in the odd bit of back slapping and fist bumping…! As the photo suggests, we were one of the winners at Melcrum’s Annual SCM Awards last week, picking up the gong for […]

9 October 2013 / by Ashley Freeman

The Manager’s Role

We are often asked ‘who is responsible for creating an involved workforce?’ Though there is no simple answer, you certainly can’t leave all the responsibility with your team. As a manager, you need to play a crucial role if you are going to get your team truly involved. Joan Magretta defines the role of the […]

7 October 2013 / by Ashley Freeman

5 Ways to Create a Culture of Involvement

So you’ve got your team engaged. They are passively accepting the aims and objectives of the company. Unfortunately, this isn’t enough. Creating and sustaining a culture of involvement is one of the biggest challenges of leadership. It is the ‘holy grail’ that can change your organisation forever. Involvement is something that takes a lot of […]

7 October 2013 / by Ashley Freeman

Uncovering Your ‘Purpose’

If someone stopped you in the street and asked you what your purpose was for the day, what would you say? Can you define your professional purpose? What about the purpose of your company? Can what you do, what you strive for each day, be distilled into a single sentence or phrase? If you’re lucky […]

7 October 2013 / by Ashley Freeman

Conferences Can Work!

We have all been to a boring conference. We’ll go with the best intentions, but often come away uninspired and un-enthused. We’ve spent years perfecting the art of effective conferencing. We’ve done enough now that we can create conferences that we know will last way beyond the event itself. There are some core principles and components […]

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