As a marketing advisor and growth coach and company culture and strategy consultancy leader, I have to use a number of different tools to help keep on top of my work and help me to stay productive and on top of upcoming meetings and coaching sessions. I am often asked about what tools I use […]
Communication is always the hardest element of any job. Especially when you are a manager or a leader of a business. Being able to: talk simply, write important updates, to cut through the noise on instant messages, to explain hard decisions, explaining the next action plan or importantly asking for help are all essential elements […]
In my work with Focus, I speak to a number of company leads, department heads and Heads of. I am asked a number of questions, I tend to bucket each question into a category or a theme. One recurring theme is “How do I get the most out of my team?”. The answer is not […]
Each week I write a leaders letter (it’s a dedicated newsletter) for focus. It’s one action to take and one thing to work on every Monday morning. The leaders signed up are from Google, Facebook, EA, a number of venture capital companies, and startup founders. I am now twenty letters in and have written many […]
Having recent decisions with leaders and writing my weekly Focus Leaders Letters newsletter, I have been thinking about which are the priceless skills to have in the modern-day office. Here are the 9 skills I believe are priceless and essential today and for the foreseeable future. Making Complicated Things Simple. Being able to breakdown the […]
If you were to break down Marketing you would be able to break down Marketing into a simple list. For someone who has worked in Marketing for twenty years, Marketing has always had the same foundations. It has always had the same core pillars to succeed and can be broken down into just a handful […]