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September is the real New Year for business.
January gets the branding. September carries the commercial reality. The summer holidays are over. People are back. Children are returning to school. Diaries are filling up again and businesses have a brief window…
Britain’s productivity problem is not a people problem
Busy is not the same as productive. The real opportunity for British business is to focus human energy on the work that moves performance forward. Our CEO, John McLaughlin, has been quieter than…
The Most Dangerous Phrase in the Third Sector
It isn’t “funding cut”. It is “we just need to do more with less”. In conversations with CEOs, COOs, and CFOs across the sector, one thing stands out every time. The resilience is…
The most expensive thing in your 2026 plan isn’t change. It’s the illusion of progress.
The season of big ambition is here. Strategic plans for 2026 are being locked in. Transformations are being announced. The language is bold. Faster. Leaner. Different. But if you look back at 2024…
WHAT LEADERS SAY, AND WHAT THE ORGANISATION HEARS
The Shadow Message Every senior leader eventually discovers a quiet truth. The message you deliver is rarely the message your organisation receives. You outline a priority. They hear a warning. You describe an…
Flipping the Narrative
There is a moment in every transformation where the penny finally drops.It is the moment leaders realise the problem was never the plan. It was never the capability. It was never the people….