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As the holiday season approaches, many organisations find themselves wrapping up year-end initiatives and planning for the future. However, implementing change can be as challenging as navigating a sleigh through a blizzard. Change is inevitable, but success is not guaranteed. Let’s avoid the frosty...
Theodore Roosevelt once wisely said: “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.” There are parallels here with implementing a Lean culture in construction, which will bring in many tangible benefits, but the process will not...
Going back to a pre-Covid-19 economy isn’t going to happen. So the supply chain sector is adapting to new trading conditions. 2021 will see the continuation of a short-term focus on rapid changes and a need for agility, balanced against a need to adapt to longer-term trends that are...
More so now than ever – we are surrounded by change. Changing weather, lockdown changes, the environment, the economic climate, and changes to personal circumstances. Some we can control, and others we need to mitigate their impact. What we do know, as wisely said...
The pressures on Housing Associations are palpable. There is a need for dramatic and urgent change in order to tackle the increasing strains in the sector. The legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy brought about the government’s £1.6bn Building Safety Programme to deal with...
Volatile junior stakeholders, impossible assignments, pressure from all angles…. This is the reality for working parents in 2021. Throwing together work life and Home Learning has created the ultimate juggling act. We have all now become Project Sponsors, invested in the outcome of each...
IR35 legislation is coming. It looks unlikely that there’ll be a last-minute delay to reforms in the private sector, meaning medium and large sized businesses need to get their houses in order. Recent research from IR35 Shield suggests that over 50% of contractors are...
Embedding a new culture into an organisation takes skilled leadership. The greatest leaders know that influence is more powerful than dominance and to change your company to a Lean culture will mean winning the hearts and minds of all stakeholders involved. They must understand your vision and believe in the benefits. So, what do we...
With IR35 regulation just around the corner, we asked Lizzie Stone, Associate at law firm TLT the questions all leaders in business want to know… What is IR35? IR35 (now also known as the off-payroll rules) was introduced in 2000 to ensure that someone...
“How do I cut costs and still deliver value for my customer?” The age-old question which may now have found an answer. A recent report by Autodesk and Dodge Data & Analytics found that “57% of construction project spending equates to waste. (1)” There is clearly huge scope to improve this by embracing efficiencies in construction which will dramatically reduce waste. Embedding Lean will allow you...
Strong leadership is at the heart of Change Management. Being able to take tough decisions, visibly living the change that you are championing, having tenacity and ensuring that people are brought along with the grand vision. These principles are at the core of leadership...
