19.06.2025

I'm seeing far to much of this right now.

I'm seeing far to much of this right now.

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๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ‘‡

- Teams unclear and unable to work together.
- Managers left to sink or swim without support.
- Businesses prioritising technical and sales skills while leaving people skills to luck.
- Employers relying on a tough job market to retain demotivated staff.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.
๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ยฃยฃยฃ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ:

- Team conflict, misalignment, duplication of effort and siloed ways of working.
- Poor management decisions and hacked-off employees who don't trust your leaders.
- Your uber-smart tech and sales teams who canโ€™t build trust or relationships with clients.
- Burned-out staff taking time off, checked-out and leaving you and everyone struggling.

Smart business leaders recognise that ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜.

If you think people skills are soft skills, let's see how soft your bottom line looksย when you lose ยฃยฃยฃ to that list above. ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†

Is this relevant? Then let's talk

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๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ. ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ through ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. I share candid insights about workplace cultures and being brilliant in business because everyone deserves to thrive.
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