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Forbes celebrates purpose driven businesses and we are featured

March 4, 2019
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

For as long as I can remember I have always been driven by a social conscience. I remember being deeply moved by the Ethiopian famine when I was just 5 years old and wanting to become a missionary. I

Understand the brain to unlock human capability in your business

February 14, 2019
/ coaching empowerment leadership learning trust
/ By lucy barkas

We work with a range of leaders and industries. Some are what you would call left sided brains, others are on the right. What we often see in engineering, manufacturing and operational based companies

BBC interview with Lucy Barkas on leadership

January 17, 2019
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Over the past few months Lucy has appeared on BBC Radio Five Live, BBC radio Wales, Coventry, Hereford and Worcester and Sky News. This is the latest interview aired on 17th January 2019. Lucy “I’m

The worst behaviours of bad bosses revealed

January 13, 2019
/ ego leadership support trust
/ By lucy barkas

You’d think with over 50 years of brilliant management education and more and more resources for leadership and management training that we would have eradicated the bass boss problem. Yet in 2019

Start saying yes to opportunities

January 2, 2019
/ change empowerment leadership Negative self talk
/ By lucy barkas

You get offered an opportunity and at first you become excited. You dare to dream about the possibilities and may even be a little flattered. Within a few minutes your little Gremlins start doing the

The essential 5 minutes you need at the end of every meeting

December 12, 2018
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

How many times have you left a meeting and felt lie it was a waste of time or unsure of what was actually agreed? More often than most of us care to admit I bet. The truth is many of us are so eager to

The ABC of performance management

November 30, 2018
/ conversation leadership
/ By lucy barkas

There are so many businesses who create performance management processes that miss the mark. The intention is always to increase performance, the impact is often dread, paperwork, fear and unfulfilling

Leadership Series Launch

November 13, 2018
/ business Career leadership
/ By lucy barkas

3WH and the Hereford and Worcester Chamber of commerce is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new Leadership Development Series for 2019. •Learn more about what it takes to be an exceptional

When you have to come up with all of the ideas

November 13, 2018
/ change conversation leadership
/ By lucy barkas

You know you've got a problem One of the biggest blocks and barriers to healthy, high performing businesses is that not enough people are willing to take the risk to share new ideas, new innovations