Oct 09, 2024 New 4 day week rules set to change in the UK. Are you ready? By David Beeston Flexibility is now one of, if not the most, important consideration for most professionals we speak to when looking for their next career...
Sep 24, 2024 What makes a great Chief of Staff? By David Beeston “What actually is a Chief of Staff?" - a question I received from a recent candidate I spoke to. This past 12-18 months I've observed a...
Sep 19, 2024 Amazon’s Return to Office: Outdated and Out of Touch By David Hunt Amazon’s recent decision to mandate a full-time return to the office for employees has sparked a lot of criticism, with many viewing it...
Sep 18, 2024 Job hunting in a challenging market By Stephen Robinson I came across this insightful article on Sifted from Sequoia's VP of talent Zoe Hewitt that discusses the challenges of the current tech...
Sep 16, 2024 Private Equity’s Top Value Lever: Outside Talent/hires into portfolio companies By David Hunt This is interesting. We've certainly been involved in many projects where VC investors have instigated a change of CEO or other...
Sep 11, 2024 Should companies let staff do what they want? By David Hunt I spoke at a Cleantech start-up/investor event in Berlin not so long ago and was asked what are the key factors behind a high performing...
Sep 09, 2024 Out of a job but not ready for the golf course: how about joining a board? By David Hunt The article focuses more on corporate executives, but I am frequently approached by executives from the start-up/scale-up world who are...
Sep 04, 2024 Is your business supporting managers to deliver on your strategy? By David Beeston Important topic highlighted in this Times Raconteur piece, around the apparent problem of a lack of training for those promoted into...
Sep 02, 2024 Jobhunters flood recruiters with AI-generated CVs (at all levels, as if hiring wasn't hard enough) By David Hunt I wasn't at all surprised to read this in the FT this morning. ChatGPT cover notes and CV's have been a blight for some time, and I...
Aug 21, 2024 Reliability and Profitability in EV Charging By Stephen Robinson Since 2016, I've been at the forefront of the eMobility revolution, witnessing first-hand the industry's remarkable transformation from a...
Aug 07, 2024 Self management - some interesting thoughts on mental traps By Wolfgang Kick I know what you are thinking - not another self optimisation and management post! But don`t judge too early. This article had some very...
Jul 26, 2024 ‘Minimal’ land required for renewables expansion in Europe By Ross Hoare The latest report from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) says that just 2.2% of the EU's total land is required for sufficient wind...