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What can we learn from Elton? Well, back in the 1920’s, an Australian guy called Elton Mayo, ran experiments aimed at improving productivity. However, he also found out something much more [...]

Who doesn’t love a road trip? Start the camper van and join the Revolution this summer. Across the United Kingdom, we’re working in loads of different settings, rather than being [...]

At the heart of Smart Leadership is the concept that we trust our employees.  Smart Leaders know that Smart Workers will work smart anywhere – Shirkers will shirk anywhere.  If you [...]

They’ve lived off the back of the Commute for donkeys years but if the likes of Costa & Pret want to survive they’ll have to move to where the commuters are and that’s [...]

The tide has turned on the way we work, but it took a pandemic. Traditional Leaders had to take a leap of faith on 23rd March. But what happened next was a a realisation that they could trust [...]

The thought of the commute is driving anxiety. I can understand why the Government want to get people who are currently working at home to commute back to the City Offices. They want to get the [...]

The results are in! It’s not just ‘where we work’ that has shifted as a result of Covid19 and Lockdown.  There are a whole plethora of ‘mindset changes’ that have [...]

I know what you’re thinking. ‘It’s that woman, bangin’ on about smart working again. Not interested. I can’t wait to get back to the office’. Too right. [...]

History holds some wonderful lessons for Leaders. Here’s one story we share in our Smart Leaders Programme. We were once a nation of hunter gatherers. But, in 4,000BC populations [...]

Do you lead a Distributed Team?  Of course, it can mean managing across cultures and this forces Leaders to think outside their own cultural bubble. For some – that’s darned [...]