Blog posts - Page 10 of 27

How successful leaders create a fun culture and why it matters

January 22, 2020
/ leadership teamwork values
/ By lucy barkas

Work is hard. Hard work leads to success. Slave to work. It's a dog eat dog world. These attitudes don't make me want to jump out of bed and skip to work each day. Thankfully attitudes are changing

Podcast with Lucy Barkas

January 10, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Lucy had the privilege to chat to Nick Davies of Reputation Ace. Listen now to see what she is up to and how she likes to work. https://www.buzzsprout.com/786287/2446022-the-worcester-business-podcast-lucy-barkas

Announcing Lucy Barkas to be Keynote speaker

January 10, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

It with great excitement that we announce that Lucy has been asked to speak at the next Women in Tech forum in Nottingham on 29th January 2020. Numbers of Women in technology is still trailing behind men

2020 work problems and how millennials can create their own issues

December 30, 2019
/ generations leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Last night I was chatting to my 28 year old cousin. She is a manager and the boss is the business owner, early thirties and not uncommon with a more entrepreneurial mindset.The problem … They communicate

Why trust is the foundation of success

December 18, 2019
/ leadership teamwork trust
/ By lucy barkas

Teams can exist in many formats, but successful teams can only truly exist where there is trust. The Case for Trust When there is real trust within a team, our brains operate in a completely

Why the grow model doesn’t work

November 25, 2019
/ coaching leadership
/ By lucy barkas

I was first introduced to the GROW model way back in the early naughties and it changed my world. I mean, it was as though I had learned the secret to having the kind of accountable and forward looking

How Senior Teams trump Boards everytime

November 9, 2019
/ leadership teamwork
/ By lucy barkas

"I just want people to take accountability for results" "Why can't people just work together to find solutions instead of always pushing upwards?" These are common frustrations that are felt by new

How great leaders encourage a speak up culture

November 4, 2019
/ feedback leadership
/ By lucy barkas

If there is one topic that I work with time and again with my clients, it's this - creating an open, honest and transparent culture. On the surface they may appear to have an open culture - sharing

The changing face of leadership

October 18, 2019
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Leading a business today is tough, but it's probably no tougher than at any other time in history, just different. Technological advancement creates changes at a super-fast rate, and your ability