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Not Just Another Training Course: How to Spark Real Development in Your Team
Every September, there’s a collective shuffle of fresh notebooks, sharpened pencils, and a quiet sense of new-term ambition. It’s not just children who feel the reset: teams in growing businesses do too. For founders, this can often mean thoughts turn to “development”...
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Don’t let your tan fade faster than your good intentions
Two weeks ago, I talked about the genius of doing nothing: how stepping away from the day-to-day and letting your brain drift by the pool can give you the kind of clarity you can’t find in a busy office. This was indeed the zone I was seeking whilst lying by the...
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The Best Time to Tackle Poor Performance Was Last Month
Today's newsletter is brought to you by the powers of advanced scheduling: as whilst the wider team are still very much supporting our clients this week in a practical capacity, my support is more emotional and er, remote: this year from a deck chair in Turkey. It's...
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Business Strategy by the Pool
Picture this. You’re on a sun lounger, a book in one hand, something cold in the other, with the rhythmic sound of waves or cicadas in the background. The temperature is perfect, your phone is on silent, and for once there’s no one asking you to “just sign this off...
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HR Horrors: Not every moan is a tribunal in disguise (but some could be)
There’s a moment that creeps up on many founders. You’re cruising through your week - you’re halfway through your emails, eyeing the to-do list, maybe wondering if it’s too early for another coffee - and someone pings you on Slack or gently sidles up in the office and...
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From Winging It to Winning
You’ve got half your team on leave, Slack’s a ghost town by 4pm, and even your inbox is quieter than usual. August might not be the month you launch a new product – but it is the perfect time to come up for air and think about what’s working (and what’s quietly...
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How to handle mental health conversations (without pretending to be a counsellor) ❤️🩹
Mental health in the workplace is no longer a fringe topic. It’s a central part of how businesses perform, grow, and sustain healthy cultures. For founder-led companies in particular—where the pace is fast and the pressure is high—the mental wellbeing of your team can...
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Why ‘Let Me Know If You Need Anything’ Isn’t Leadership
You’ve got a business to run. Deadlines, targets, clients to keep happy. Your time is limited, and your team is meant to help take the pressure off : not add to it. So when someone on your team looks like they’re drifting, underdelivering or struggling, it’s tempting...
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Breathe HR
With summer holidays in full swing, now’s a good time to ask: is managing time off still a headache in your business? If you're battling spreadsheets, chasing approvals, or trying to keep track of who's off when, it’s worth knowing there’s a simpler way. We partner...
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Centre Court Culture: Game, Set and Mindset
My memories of Wimbledon are seeded (pun fully intended) with my mum — queen of multitasking — perched on a slightly broken sun lounger, half in and half out of the sitting room and attempting to both sun herself at the same time as catch all the action from Sue...
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