By Malcolm McGready, Ensors Chartered Accountants
Employee share schemes can be an effective means of incentivising staff for the long term; giving them a stake in the future of the business so that they benefit if it does well.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021
By Charlotte Bate, MAD-HR
Might this turn out to be the year that the concept of company culture finds its way higher up the priority list?
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021
By Kevin Ward, Conatus Financing Solutions & Conatus Bookkeeping
Although I have come across many people who scoff at talk of how important it is to have a genuinely positive culture within a business, I believe it is vital.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021
By Clare Friel, Friel
Friel was founded back in 2018. When the company I worked for went into administration, I found myself in no man’s land. Even though at the time I felt like my world was falling apart, in fact everything was falling into place.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021
With the effects on trade of the continuing and varying levels of disruption brought on by lockdowns, the last 12 months have been incredibly challenging for SMEs across the region. As well as that, there has been the physical and psychological impact on all of us as individuals, as we try to cope in this new COVID oriented world.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine Spring 2021
By Pat Lewis, Source One Consulting
Since day one at Source One Consulting, recession proofing our business has been seen as a core competency to ensure that we are not only sustainable during an economic downturn, but every day.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021
By Phil Budd, Business Growth
Coaching can be perceived as fluffy and non-substantial, but in a year that has brought challenges of all shapes and sizes, many businesses are seeing it as far from that.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021
By Julian Campbell, University of East Anglia
A Senior Leaders Apprenticeship – funded by an employer’s Apprenticeship Levy, or an Executive MBA programme could be the next positive step you could take in developing your career.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine Spring 2021
By Jackie McKellar, Consultant, Yarmouth Stores turnaround
One of the impacts of the global pandemic is the growing focus on the UK and local businesses and the role they play in the community and their cultural integration.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine Spring 2021
By James Crosby, Cory Brothers
Augmented and fed down from the top, Cory Brothers already had an exceptional culture throughout the group. Yet since the start of the pandemic it has improved further, and in many different directions.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021
Directors, MAD-HR
Our lead interview in the CULTURE issue of Suffolk Director is Carole Burman and Charlotte Bate. Published in Spring 2021
By Wendy Smith, P Paralympian and Performance Coach
Motivation is like the holy grail that everyone seeks yet no one really knows where to find it. However, before we go searching, perhaps we should start by working out what motivation actually is.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021
