The past 15 months have seen some huge changes in work patterns. Below are some facts from Harvard Business School you may find interesting. 2.95% more recipients to each email. 5.2% more emails sent daily. 8.3% more emails were sent after business hours. 13% more meetings. 12% reduction in duration of meetings. 14% more people invited to each meeting 10.6% longer days worked

If anything, the past 15 months have proved to us all both personally and professionally that we are very good at adapting rapidly. From a personal point of view, this gives us the confidence, self belief, and inspiration to deliver better than we ever have. This however carries with it a consequence we did not dream of, our key stakeholders also noticed our ability to rapidly adapt and have taken note and will now be using this as their new benchmark moving forward. Boards

― people with the ability to bring creativity and ingenuity to their work. Companies that acquire and retain exceptional talent are 20% more productive than the rest due to the way they onboard, develop, collaborate, engage, and lead their people. Remote work has increased this number due to the fact that your exceptional talent can engage virtually in a broader range of initiatives and teams than they could physically — multiplying the influence these individuals have on p

In highly productive organisations, employees have capitalised on new technologies and work routines to stay connected with customers and co-workers. It is estimate that the best organisations have seen productive time increase by 5% or more. But it all comes down to a matter of Trust. Companies that trust their leaders and people increased their productivity significantly, where those companies that did not, suffered with meeting and email overload. In research carried ou

Over the past 18 months companies have had to adapt to new ways of doing things. From working at home, using new technology, to new ways of operating at the workplace. Our people have been doing their best to deliver, but how well are you doing? The truth is, it depends on how well you were doing before the sudden change and the quality of your leadership. Businesses that had great leadership and were doing well prior to the sudden change continued to adapt and perform wel

The ability to develop fresh skills and gain new knowledge is a critical factor with the ever-changing times we have been facing and it applies to both leaders and employees. Companies have always focused on the development of their people but have for far too long overlooked the importance of leadership development. It is the leader that sets the tone of the company and if there is a skills gap in leadership then the business and people will suffer. With the current rate o