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12 June 2020

Does your business really get what the new way of work will be?

Does your business really get what the new way of work will be? I recently saw the following guidance regarding potential interview questions that could be used at this time:

1. What have you learned about yourself during the pandemic?
2. Can you do the job while working from home?
3. Are you willing to eventually work from an office?
4. How have you been spending your time?

If I was the interviewee and was asked these 4 questions, when (hopefully) asked whether I had any questions by the interviewers I would simply say ‘why do you think I should want to work for a business like yours that clearly has no idea of the new working world?’

11 June 202011 June 2020

It’s time for Boards and Executive Teams to lead businesses to the new world post Covid-19

‘Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning’. Wise words by Winston Churchill and as the business world looks to move forward post the imposed lockdowns around the world, Boards and Executive Teams need to influence and lead their businesses to the new way of work. A recent McKinsey & Company article highlighted the need for Boards to coach and advise its management teams and to:

· Take time to recognize how the people who depend on the business feel
· Have aspirations about the post Covid-19 world but build the resilience to make them a reality
· Strengthen capabilities to engage and work with regulators, governments and other stakeholders
· Watch out for non Covid-19 risks and make sure to carve out time to dedicate to the familiar risks of the business that have not gone away

While many challenges remain, opportunities are available for those businesses that have the right culture, strategy and leadership teams and an agility to meet the ever changing needs of the market. Relevance has to be at the core of #yourjouneyahead

11 June 202011 June 2020

Far too many business sectors have delayed decisions that could and should of been made some time ago.

‘The old way of retail has been dying for years and Covid-19 pushed it off a cliff. But a more resilient retail industry is shaping up right in front of our eyes. The future of retail is already here, it’s just hiding in plain sight’ Tien Tzuo

The word ‘retail’ could be substituted by most if not all other sectors (e.g. professional services, property, hospitality etc…).

As a business owners/leaders, what are you doing to navigate #yourjourneyahead to give your business and clients 20:20 vision?

10 June 202010 June 2020

Leadership is limiting the drive to a new working mindset.

Businesses from all sectors have faced many challenges from having to deal with changes in working practices over recent months. The results from an Upwork.com survey recently published in The Wall Street Journal highlight issues that many if not all business have faced.

The majority if not all the issues listed in terms of what have worked poorly can be associated to two key things

1) a lack of business continuity planning and:

2) poor leadership.

It is interesting, and some might say not surprising, that productivity was seen to have improved by more respondents than not. Businesses need to realise that they now find themselves in a new world that demands that they continue their journey to a new working mindset that reflects the ever changing needs of their clients and employees. Businesses simply cannot go back to any state of ‘normal’ if they want to have a tomorrow.