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Rachel Willmott

External Strategic Perspectives

By Strategy & People Consultancy
As many of us appreciate, sound business strategy takes into account the wider macro-environment framework within which a business operates, with this succinctly being summed up by the acronym PESTLE.  In 2021, it could be argued that the influences imposed...As many of us appreciate, sound business strategy takes into account the wider macro-environment framework within which a business operates, with this succinctly being summed up by the acronym PESTLE.  In 2021, it could be argued that the influences imposed...
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January 28, 2021

Free coaching from Space2BE

By Capability Building Programmes
Does COVID have you feeling overwhelmed? Perhaps you’ve recently lost a job, are struggling to keep your business afloat, or are feeling challenged in your leadership/team management? Our coaches, supervisors, mentors and consultants would love to support you with a...Does COVID have you feeling overwhelmed? Perhaps you’ve recently lost a job, are struggling to keep your business afloat, or are feeling challenged in your leadership/team management? Our coaches, supervisors, mentors and consultants would love to support you with a...
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November 19, 2020
A hearing dog sitting and waiting for instruction

Case Study – Hearing Dogs: Strategising our People Focus

By Strategy & People Consultancy
As a successful charity approaching our 40th year, we realised we’d reached a time when we needed a new people architecture to support and develop our teams whilst ensuring we were all aligned with the behaviours we were growing and...As a successful charity approaching our 40th year, we realised we’d reached a time when we needed a new people architecture to support and develop our teams whilst ensuring we were all aligned with the behaviours we were growing and...
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July 14, 2020
Team of people together

Does your team lift or lower your performance?

By Capability Building Programmes
What are the issues in your team? Our starting point for writing this blog was to consider the vast number of themes we’ve worked with during the last 20 years when helping teams become high performing.  We’ve collated 23 of...What are the issues in your team? Our starting point for writing this blog was to consider the vast number of themes we’ve worked with during the last 20 years when helping teams become high performing.  We’ve collated 23 of...
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July 10, 2020

Could You Be More Resilient?

By Capability Building Programmes
If you’re reading this blog, I anticipate you already consider yourself ‘resilient’ and maybe even ‘extremely resilient’. As a consultant and executive coach, resilience building has been increasingly on my radar, probably since the 2007 / 2008 credit crunch and...If you’re reading this blog, I anticipate you already consider yourself ‘resilient’ and maybe even ‘extremely resilient’. As a consultant and executive coach, resilience building has been increasingly on my radar, probably since the 2007 / 2008 credit crunch and...
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June 29, 2020

COVID 19 – Next Steps: The 3 R’s

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
Covid 19 has affected and will continue to affect your business in ways you have not yet imagined. It is going to linger with us for many months / years to come.  As we emerge slowly into less restrictive lockdowns...Covid 19 has affected and will continue to affect your business in ways you have not yet imagined. It is going to linger with us for many months / years to come.  As we emerge slowly into less restrictive lockdowns...
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May 28, 2020

Sigma Rockets to Success Through High Performing Team Building

By Strategy & People Consultancy
Sigma Components (Sigma) is a leading manufacturer of precision engineered aerospace products, with manufacturing facilities across the UK and China. It also offers customers a range of value-added services including global supply chain management, new product introduction and product lifecycle management. Being a fast...Sigma Components (Sigma) is a leading manufacturer of precision engineered aerospace products, with manufacturing facilities across the UK and China. It also offers customers a range of value-added services including global supply chain management, new product introduction and product lifecycle management. Being a fast...
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April 1, 2019

Annoyance, Reflection and Leadership

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves” (Carl Jung). The pressures of leadership, lead to the leader experiencing an array of emotional responses to situations and people. In the moment of heightened response,...“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves” (Carl Jung). The pressures of leadership, lead to the leader experiencing an array of emotional responses to situations and people. In the moment of heightened response,...
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August 1, 2018

Collaboration, Teams and High Performance; How To Achieve It and Why It Is Important

By Capability Building Programmes
A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review (1) suggests that working in teams is becoming the new normal; it found that the time spent in collaborative activities at work has increased by 50% over the past 20 years....A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review (1) suggests that working in teams is becoming the new normal; it found that the time spent in collaborative activities at work has increased by 50% over the past 20 years....
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September 6, 2017

A Mirroring of Experience – Individual Reactions to Change

By Capability Building Programmes
We don’t know what we don’t know. New space. New experience. New discomfort. That’s perhaps how some of the UK are feeling right now post the referendum and Brexit. Frustration prevails, except for those moments of clarity when it is...We don’t know what we don’t know. New space. New experience. New discomfort. That’s perhaps how some of the UK are feeling right now post the referendum and Brexit. Frustration prevails, except for those moments of clarity when it is...
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July 19, 2016