Category: Working Well

We all know the drill: November rolls around and then before you can blink, it’s December, and the new year is just around the corner. What every entrepreneur should be doing in November is reflecting on the year behind you and preparing for the year ahead. November is your last chance to step back from […]

According to experts in the leadership and management field, agile leadership is really about applying the principles of agility to your management style to create an environment that is suited for agile teamwork and to help to shape an agile organisation. The concept of agile leadership isn’t a new one. The agile workstyle stems from […]

While remote working is not a new phenomenon in the UK, it is certainly an area of business that has become more popular, particularly as the country reeled from the far-reaching effects of the Covid-19 lockdown. According to recently released data, on average, 27% of the UK workforce worked from home during 2019. This percentage […]

According to a recent survey, 89% of participants believe that effective communication in business is essential. Eight out of ten people rate their own businesses’ communication as average or poor. Why is good communication so crucial within businesses? Well, research shows that organisations with employees who are connected through effective communication show increases in productivity […]

Did you know that around 20% of new businesses fail during the first two years of their existence? Approximately 45% fail during their first five years, and 65% during the first ten years. Only 25% of new businesses make it to 15 years or more. So, how do you build a business that avoids that […]

As an entrepreneur or business owner, failure is pretty much inevitable. Some of the most successful entrepreneurs this world has ever seen have made public failures. But these same entrepreneurs say that their failures were their biggest drivers of success. Failure happens, it’s what you choose to do with it that truly counts. The way […]

If the word ‘productivity’ means frantically pounding away at your keyboard all day, you might have the wrong idea of what the term really refers to. Productivity is not only about getting work done, it’s also about doing things that set you up for success. For example, making your bed in the morning means you’re […]

For some people, being a leader comes naturally. For others, it’s a skill learnt over time and through experience. Perhaps the best lessons in leadership are not the ones we learn from books, but rather the ones that we can learn from some of the most successful leaders the world has seen to date.   […]

There are 582 million entrepreneurs in the world. For the rest of the population that aren’t entrepreneurs, there are only films, TV shows and legends to go on. And many of these mediums have helped to build up certain mythology surrounding this career path. We have identified the top nine entrepreneur myths out there and […]

Are you trying to do it all? That’s a mistake. As an entrepreneur, there are two main reasons you should be delegating. Firstly, you simply can’t do everything within your business – it will limit your growth potential. If you try to do everything then your business (and life) will always be governed by the […]