SIMON JONES

Do not overlook the business ‘lived experience’ that Interims bring, putting them in a unique position to be a valuable coach and/or mentor to your business leadership team.

Negotiations are rarely issue free but don't let the red flags stop play! Here are my 7 techniques for diffusing and moving forward.

Now we are moving back in the room, how to deliver a presentation worth listening to... BE CLEAR, CONCISE & ON BRIEF. Clarity of writing...

The aim? To promote resilience and agility – your people are your business’s primary assets. How? LOSE “bulls#!t deadlines” – don’t...

How to build a ‘people’ focused (and productive) team! Your people make things happen - without them you can't hit your business goals....

What do you do when your leadership team can’t stand each other? Operating in financial restructuring the last person a CFO wants to see...

Are you providing seamless solutions in a hyperconnected reality? No? How to stay digitally relevant at this boom time of transformation.

The first in our series: What business leaders are thinking but may be too afraid to ask! There is no getting away from the fact that we...

Or can interims prove effective in new industries? Was Elon Musk a car expert? Richard Branson may have liked music but he wasn’t ‘in’...

Are we set to expect a Great Rebound Part 2? Back in June 2020, Andy Haldane, the chief economist of the Bank of England (BoE), gave a...

It is with regret that we read about Arcadia’s demise but more because of the impact on those that will lose their jobs. It’s not like we...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but should we have planned for this pandemic?

What is the quality that separates a good manager from a great leader? This can be summed up in one word, vision.

How should UK businesses approach the inevitable recession? Cash is king but being agile will help your business survive in the downturn.

People with high levels of emotional intelligence are better communicators, negotiators, and influencers. They also make better leaders too.

The ability to navigate a business through a time of crisis is a skill that comes from experience. Is it time to bring in an expert?

Influencing is the key to making progress in business - but how can you still get your actions actioned when all interaction is now online?