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April Insights

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Hybrid Working As Civil Servants are pressured to return to Westminster offices[i], HBR reports on a study that showed significantly enhanced thinking amongst staff working in the office one or two days a week, rather than more.  Managing hybrid working requires an...Hybrid Working As Civil Servants are pressured to return to Westminster offices[i], HBR reports on a study that showed significantly enhanced thinking amongst staff working in the office one or two days a week, rather than more.  Managing hybrid working requires an...
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When Is it the Right Time for Change?

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As human beings, we know when a change is required.  We may yearn to grow, personally or professionally, or need to feel more fulfilled and motivated.  We may feel bored, or see others evolving, whilst we are not, and know...As human beings, we know when a change is required.  We may yearn to grow, personally or professionally, or need to feel more fulfilled and motivated.  We may feel bored, or see others evolving, whilst we are not, and know...
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Workplace Stress Management: Reject the ‘Minimum’

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Let’s roll back to January.  Space2BE noted a Harvard Business Review article by Brian Kropp[1], suggesting that employers needed to shift from managing the employee experience, to managing employees’ life experiences.  The reason?  Increased visibility into employees’ lives during the...Let’s roll back to January.  Space2BE noted a Harvard Business Review article by Brian Kropp[1], suggesting that employers needed to shift from managing the employee experience, to managing employees’ life experiences.  The reason?  Increased visibility into employees’ lives during the...
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Is Banking an In-Person Rather Than Hybrid Working Sound Managerial Practice?

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Major investment banks – along with organisations such as Apple and Google – are bucking the trend, by throwing their weight behind in-office working, rather than hybrid or continued remote working.  At Space2BE, we are curious about what is driving...Major investment banks – along with organisations such as Apple and Google – are bucking the trend, by throwing their weight behind in-office working, rather than hybrid or continued remote working.  At Space2BE, we are curious about what is driving...
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The Antidotes to the Post Pandemic Energy Drain

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As Britain starts to emerge from the pandemic, its business leaders are facing a new challenge – one that has already become evident to CEOs who have carried out their internal scanning processes and detected hugely worrying levels of employee...As Britain starts to emerge from the pandemic, its business leaders are facing a new challenge – one that has already become evident to CEOs who have carried out their internal scanning processes and detected hugely worrying levels of employee...
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Have you got the capabilities to deliver your strategy? Mind the Gaps!

By Strategy & People Consultancy
The pandemic has been a watershed for many businesses and many corporate leaders are emerging from it with a new strategic vision and the desire to engage in transformations intended to better shape their companies’ futures.  Whilst this is laudable,...The pandemic has been a watershed for many businesses and many corporate leaders are emerging from it with a new strategic vision and the desire to engage in transformations intended to better shape their companies’ futures.  Whilst this is laudable,...
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Strategy Trends for 2021

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As I started to think about the next useful strategy blog I did the mandatory internet trawl and found myself reading, and then discounting, much of the pre-COVID material… and that is the first of today’s 5 key messages. Much...As I started to think about the next useful strategy blog I did the mandatory internet trawl and found myself reading, and then discounting, much of the pre-COVID material… and that is the first of today’s 5 key messages. Much...
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Has an Internal Strategy Review ‘Roadmap’ Ever Been as Important?

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Strategic planning should never be a one-off action, even in normal trading conditions, but with a government roadmap to lead the UK economy out of the pandemic, it is most definitely time for businesses to consider their own roadmap.  Many...Strategic planning should never be a one-off action, even in normal trading conditions, but with a government roadmap to lead the UK economy out of the pandemic, it is most definitely time for businesses to consider their own roadmap.  Many...
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External Strategic Perspectives

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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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Case Study – Hearing Dogs: Strategising our People Focus

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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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