Gentle Masculinity Soft and gentle are not words that you often hear being associated with men. Masculinity is more typically felt to mean being hard and tough. Pushy, angry and dominating. Not letting your guard down. Society distills this testosterone into ...

A successful in-house recruiter keeps costs down and fills roles quickly. But what if those same KPIs are actually working against the brands own D&I strategy? What if these measures of ‘success’ are actually hindering efforts to bring more individuals ...

No one has ever said that leadership was easy and no one could have predicted the challenges that COVID-19 would have brought.  What skills will business owners and leaders need to equip themselves to meet the challenges of the modern ...

Many of us have been working from home for a year now and whilst there are of course benefits (e.g. no commute, more family time, perhaps some flexibility) there are also downsides and finding inspiration and motivation without the social ...

Many business owners got through the first wave of CV19 on mix of adrenaline, unseasonable sunshine and gin. Summer hove into view and it felt like we were over the worst. Then winter hit. From a leadership perspective, this time ...

During two decades of working with organisations, I have found there to be one central, incontrovertible fact: people, an organisation’s principle asset, are strong, robust and resilient.  They are also fragile, sensitive and, well, human.  I’ve seen people work at ...

What is meant by a hybrid workplace - A hybrid work offering essentially allows employees to operate from both the office and a remote location, usually one’s home.  This means that the onsite office requires more of a skeletal staff ...

Here’s to a Happy and Prosperous Year ahead! With this in mind, we thought it would benefit our community to share themes and trends from our series of 2020 roundtables, to digest as you look to the new year with ...

When New Year arrived on 1st January 2020 I was with family, taking time out from planning our upcoming move from London to Singapore. Looking back now it shows me we never know what is round the corner. We can’t ...

The benefits of coaching in sport are well understood yet there isn’t always the same appreciation of the value of coaching in a professional or personal context.  Lack of clarity as to what coaching is, the assumption it’s only for ...

There are lessons that we can all learn from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass that can help us better navigate the mysterious journey we call ‘life’. Alice’s adventures can help us to embrace our curiosity, identify ...

Some of you may already know that my first career was as an HR generalist working in the hospitality sector before moving into the world of investment banking, followed by consulting to SME businesses.  A large proportion of my human resources experience ...