Tag: #productivity

The “Glass Box” Business: Why Transparency (and ESG) is Your New Valuation Multiplier

by richardspilsbury

In 2025, raising equity is no longer just about the “Hockey Stick” growth chart. It is about transparency. Investors—whether VCs or Angels—are demanding a level of data integrity and ESG compliance that most Series A companies simply don’t have. Richard Spilsbury discusses this shift with Marina Traversari. Having moved from scaling Spherics (a carbon accounting … Continue reading The “Glass Box” Business: Why Transparency (and ESG) is Your New Valuation Multiplier

The Secrets to Successful Business Pivot Strategies

by richardspilsbury

Leading a business in a stable market is management. Leading a business when the market is collapsing and reinventing itself? That is transformation. Many established businesses today are facing their “Netflix Moment”—the need to pivot to digital without killing their core cash flow.In this interview, Richard Spilsbury talks to Robert Price, a veteran CEO who … Continue reading The Secrets to Successful Business Pivot Strategies

Post-acquisition staffing strategies

by hayleyfray

One of the most commonly cited reasons for acquisitions failing is poor cultural fit with HBR commenting that “According to most studies, between 70 and 90 percent of acquisitions fail”. Based on experience, this appears alarmist but that does not mean that there are not significant risks to manage or and opportunities to take. So … Continue reading Post-acquisition staffing strategies

Hope is not a strategy for people engagement and productivity

by hayleyfray

At a time when productivity is drifting, costs are being squeezed and revenues are more challenged, it can be worth reflecting on how effectively aligned productivity is with people engagement.  Here’s a quick self assessment to understand how you are doing: If you honestly think you are performing well against the above, you’re onto something. … Continue reading Hope is not a strategy for people engagement and productivity

Don’t let your staff consultation backfire

by hayleyfray

A collective staff consultation may be required when an employer seeks to change material terms of employees contracts, including redundancy, where more than 20 staff are potentially involved.  The consequences of getting it wrong can be costly, whether it be in the form of the cost of unfair dismissal claims (with compensation increases supported by … Continue reading Don’t let your staff consultation backfire

Do you need to improve staff recruitment?

by hayleyfray

Difficulty in recruiting can be debilitating with far reaching consequences for teams and productivity. The absence can only not prevent the specific tasks of that role being done but have a broader adverse and demoralising impact on teams. Even employers with a positive high profile and market leaders in their field can suffer from low … Continue reading Do you need to improve staff recruitment?

How Do You Fix High Staff Turnover

by hayleyfray

If you are suffering high staff turnover, you will know the impact this can have on your organisation from a lack of continuity, higher recruitment costs to a loss of relevant understanding and talent. While it’s easy to comment that the best solution is avoidance it can be hard to turn the situation around.  Identifying … Continue reading How Do You Fix High Staff Turnover

Four Red Flags that you have a Staffing Challenge

by hayleyfray

Challenges clients raise with us are: The causes are rarely complex, perhaps a poorly managed transformation (such as changes to terms and conditions or poor systems implementation or merger) or leadership practices at varying levels of the organisation or simply a lack of responsive action to problems that arise.  Even when there is a specific … Continue reading Four Red Flags that you have a Staffing Challenge

Talent and productivity gap: Solving the challenges for scale up businesses

by hayleyfray

If you are a scale up business, you know the challenges of aligning the development of talent and productivity. The Scale Up Institute lists access to talent as one of the key “significant pain points and barriers to scale further”. To resolve the issue they focus on the education system in lobbying the Government.  Without … Continue reading Talent and productivity gap: Solving the challenges for scale up businesses

Are you missing two hacks to improve productivity?

by hayleyfray

In 2021 Office of National Statistics estimated that the UK was in sixth place for productivity compared to other G7 countries, with output per worker being 10% less than the average, and output per head in the US being 1.5 times higher. Despite the need to improve productivity never being more important for business leaders, … Continue reading Are you missing two hacks to improve productivity?