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...
Oct 02, 2024 Hiring a NED can transform your business By Stephen Robinson Having supported a number of start-ups in hiring Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) over the last few years, I've witnessed first-hand the...
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Sep 19, 2024 Amazon’s Return to Office: Outdated and Out of Touch By David Hunt Amazon’s recent decision to mandate a full-time return to the office for employees has sparked a lot of criticism, with many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 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 You must focus on your offtakers! By David Beeston This week I met with the C-suite of a client of ours (an ESS startup) and discussed their progress, particularly relating to scaling...
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 03, 2024 Four questions for every manager to ask themselves By David Hunt In case you dont' have access to the Economist I'll list the full four questions below. Significantly though, they are all related to...
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 30, 2024 Britain’s unusual stance on Chinese electric vehicles By David Hunt There is no point closing the gate, when the horse has already bolted! That seems to be an understanding the British have, that the US...