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What We’re Reading: Together We Thrive by Raphael Sofoluke
For this month’s reading pick, we’re exploring a simple but powerful idea: success is rarely a solo endeavor. In a world that often celebrates individual achievement, Together We Thrive: How…
Your Best Leaders May Be Going Through Menopause. Are You Ready for That?
When organizations think about their leadership pipeline, they tend to focus on who is ready for the next promotion, who has the right skills and where the next generation of…
Is Your Family Office Rewarding the Right Things?
When we talk about reward, the conversation often starts with a simple question: Are we paying people competitively? For family offices, however, that may be the wrong place to start.…
Does Your Bereavement Policy Recognize Every Kind of Loss?
When an employee experiences bereavement, the workplace may be one of the last places they expect to turn for support. Yet employers have an important role to play in helping…
The Manager Mental Health Problem: Who is Looking After the People Looking After Everyone Else?
Managers occupy a difficult position in the modern workplace. They are expected to deliver results, support their teams, manage performance, navigate change and provide reassurance when uncertainty is high…that’s a…
Beyond the Diversity Tick Box: Do Your Employees Truly Belong?
The recent death of Professor Jason Arday has prompted difficult questions about race, belonging and the pressures faced by black professionals. Arday, who became Cambridge University’s youngest black professor in…
What Does a Compassionate Leader Look Like When Someone is Seriously Ill?
We often talk about compassionate leadership as though it is a personality trait. Some leaders are empathetic; others are more pragmatic. Some know exactly what to say when an employee…
The Deal is Done. Now What? The First 100 Days After an Acquisition
When an acquisition closes, there is often a sense of achievement. Months of negotiations, due diligence and planning have culminated in a completed transaction. But the deal closing is not…
What We’re Reading: Effective by Melissa Swift
For this month’s reading pick, we turned our attention to a question that feels increasingly relevant in today’s workplace: what does it actually mean to be effective? With work becoming…
The AI Board Member: A Conversation with David Fairhurst
What happens when AI moves from the operational side of a business into the boardroom? In this conversation, David Fairhurst, Founder and CEO of OrgShakers, explores the idea of the…
Can You Have a Happy Workplace Without Happy Employees?
‘Happy employees’ has become one of those phrases that organizations use so often it can be difficult to remember what it actually means. We talk about happiness as though it…
The Family Office Pay Gap: Why Benchmarking Matters More Than Ever
For family offices, compensation can be a particularly sensitive subject. These are organizations built around highly personal relationships, confidentiality and trust, yet they are increasingly employing sophisticated professionals whose skills…
