Tag: leadership

Leadership Learnings from Richard Branson

I’ve shared my key takeouts from the recent Leadership Gathering held by Virgin Unite and Business Chicks in 3 previous posts, but its impossible to conclude without including the lessons provided by one of our generations great business leaders, Sir Richard Branson. Our previous visit to Necker came at a very challenging time for both […]

Leadership learnings on Necker Island – Part 1

Stuart and I have just spent an amazing four days on Necker Island as part of the Business Chicks & Virgin Unite Leadership Gathering, and while the island itself is beyond beautiful, the company and the conversations, both the agenda’d and those that happened over food, cocktails where what made it a truly remarkable week. I […]

Asking the Question – Are you Happy or Not?

Providing people with the opportunity to let us know how they’re feeling has always been an important part of our workplace culture, and we’ve used a variety of different mechanisms to do this over the years, ranging from in person and electronic discussion forums to survey tools with both fixed and customisable content. One of […]