Are your staff, or partners heading towards burn out? Are you seeing significant signs of 'Strain Zone' fatigue building up? In this blog i share the insights about being Strategic about your Time and Energy.
In my experience there’s a big difference between having a strategy and actually ‘being strategic’. This case case study shows how I’ve helped an organisation make that difference, with the help of my Time & Energy Auditing tools.
This case study shows how culture change is facilitated by properly led and managed consultancy type leadership development programmes. In this case the work I led was transformative, not only helping a hospice build a more resilient workforce, but helping me develop my valuable Time & Energy Audit.
Are you leading change well? In these changing times it can be tricky to keep perspective on all the changing factors affecting our work. In this short article i explain the core of change management. This is a good building block for then more complex courses and supervision work i do about leading from the emerging future.
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Sustainability has been at the heart of our business since we began. Our members and clients care about the world that we inhabit. Director and founder of PlacesWork, Duncan Wallace has been a climate activist for over twenty years and currently serves on the board of Friends of the Earth. Whereas, our youngest team member took part in and promoted the first school climate strikes in Scotland.
Read MoreCarnegie is a leading social research organisation, which aims to bring better collective wellbeing to everybody in the UK and Ireland. With the support of PlacesWork, they are now able to operate fully with hybrid working patterns and connect with people both nationally and locally through hybrid meetings.
Read MoreThis is the third case study in a series on organisations who have built their hybrid format capacity with us we are showcasing how organisations can become more accessible, more able to serve their customers. All businesses regardless of sector or size can benefit from how hybrid format and hybrid working patterns enable quality delivery for all.
Read MoreNeighbourhood Networks is the fourth case study in a series on organisations who have built their hybrid format capacity with us. In these case studies we showcase how all businesses regardless of sector and size can benefit from the hybrid format and hybrid working patterns to become more accessible, more able to serve their customers and enable quality delivery for all.
Read MoreScottish Renewables (SR) is the trade association that enables all of the companies and industry that are in the renewables industries, to collaborate, to form agreements and to respond to government policy.
This blog tells the story of this piece of capacity building because it has many lessons for other businesses.
Read MoreHybrid Meetings are here to stay. Here are my top 10 tips for running effective Hybrid Meetings. This comes from all of my courses, research and consultancy.
Read MoreRight now most organisations are thinking ‘What kit do we need in the rooms’. Our tips in this article address questions about audio, visual connection, room layout,, cables and how humans need to connect in all meetings.
Read MoreWhy Hybrid Meetings reflect the principles of Sustainability, Equity and Simplicity. Quakers are often seen as a bit of a mystery. Well this article de-mystifies both.
Read More‘Tactics and Tips for Chairing Board and Senior Management Leadership Meetings’. This blog reflects the wisdom, experiences and insights from Directors of many companies that we have been in conversation with through the Institute of Directors.
Read MoreFrom all the hybrid meetings I’ve been running and consulting to this summer, I’m starting to wonder if ‘Leave Computer Audio’ is the habit that should replace the ‘Your on Mute’ refrain. In this blog I will share the top tricks for ensuring that sound works in hybrid meetings.
Read MoreIn this article I use my personal life experience to explore the governance practice of ‘follow the money’. As it is also true that some of our fundamental values-in-action are shaped by our personal life, very often in our family tribe.
Read MoreThis short article gives you practical mapping of the main essential skills that you need to try and make sure you recruit and keep active in your Board. It is part of my series of articles about de-mystifying being part of Boards, whether that is as Charity Trustees, Company Non-Executive and Executive Directors, or Public Appointees.
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