Blog posts - Page 10 of 28

Are Millennials under-achievers?

February 17, 2020
/ generations leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Millennials often get a bashing for being narcissistic, snowflakes who expect success and opportunities to be handed to them. Wow, how harsh and judgemental is that. Now they aren’t saying about themselves,

Why X-Gen Values Freedom and what it means to their leadership approach

February 7, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Anyone brought up in the 80's and 90's couldn't escape the influence of Freedom. It has been the backdrop of their growing up and now, as they step into leadership positions, drives the way they choose

Reframing failure

January 31, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

I remember the first time someone asked me, ‘what have you failed at this week?” I was shocked and didn’t know what to say. So I replied, “nothing”, and he replied, “well

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