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In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, leaders face increasing challenges in maximising team performance and achieving better business results. While technical expertise and hard skills are undoubtedly crucial, research suggests that soft skills leadership...

In today's fast-paced business world, performance management has emerged as a vital tool for organisations striving to achieve their goals and stay competitive. It goes beyond simply evaluating employee performance; it involves aligning individual objectives with...

Employee training should cover more than the knowledge required to do a job.   Knowledge based training is only a third of the training required to perform well.   There are different types of training required to fully equip employees.   Knowledge...

Scale-up leaders must learn to unlearn certain behavioural patterns characteristic of start-up leaders, in particular, the tendency to micromanage. A fully hands-on and direct approach is simply untenable as the business scales. It is time to let go of the reins and...

According to research conducted from 2020 to 2021, middle managers are at the greatest risk of suffering from a burnout, who reported, besides being subjected to higher levels of stress and burnout, “worse physical well-being and work-life balance than the people they...

There is no denying that embarking on a scale-up journey is not a run-of-the-mill agenda but one characterised by profound change. After putting a fresh spin on your business model, including updating your value proposition, you may find that the very identity of your...

It is necessary to adopt a scale-up mentality to all aspects of the business, including in its approach to building and extending partnerships. While it may seem counterintuitive at first glance, it is not uncommon for competitors to become partners or even customers....

Company growth goes hand in hand with talent development. Employees will need to be equipped with appropriate skills to help your business bring the scale-up to fruition. According to the Scaleup Annual Review 2022 published by the ScaleUp Institute, addressing the...

The second method to achieve scalability is “freeing the business from traditional capacity constraints”. It is practically impossible to scale up by taking a strictly hands-on, manual approach. With the helping hand of cutting-edge technology, it is nowadays far...

Competitive as it may be, the business scene is always abuzz with wide-eyed start-ups eager to try their hand at entrepreneurship, but the harsh reality is that many of them end up falling by the wayside, with a staggering 80% failing to reach full scale-up. Why? One...

While there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, an overriding piece of advice would be to ensure that you have adequate resources at your disposal to underpin the scaling-up. Subjecting your systems and processes to rigorous stress testing on a regular...

Higher output without a jump in costs An important benefit is neatly encapsulated in the difference between simple growth and scaling-up. Growth is often conceived in linear terms: an addition of resources (i.e. capital, people, technology) leads to a proportional...

Scale-ups are dubbed “powerhouses of productivity”. Scalability refers to a company’s capacity to grow and cope with increased output while, simultaneously, keeping costs more or less at the same level. This article seeks to provide some helpful pointers to help you...

Mental Health Foundation Research has shown that 1 in 6 employees experience mental health issues in the workplace. Yet, in a recent ONS study, mental health illness has doubled in the last year. This should not be a surprise; we were warned by The World Health...

If you are leading an organisation, department or a team, how can you assess your leadership to identify development that will improve your performance and results?  A practical starting point is to ask your team, stakeholders, peers to gather informal...