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Seeing in the dark

What is your view of the future like? How could you establish a regular practice of researching ahead and developing insights into your perspective on what's coming?

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Employing people in a time of high inflation (pt. 1)

We're looking, it would seem, at a period of high inflation with stagnant (or worse) economic growth, and a tight labour market in which people have altered expectations. Here we have a look at what's driving the talent shortage.

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The true hope of optimistic pessimism

I wanted to write about the weird optimism I feel, behind the pessimism about the global outlook.

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Leading an agency in a time of high inflation (pt. 2)

What can you do to lead your agency in a time of high inflation? Well, actually, probably quite a bit. And maybe, this is actually exactly the time when agencies can really shine.

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Leading an agency in a time of high inflation (pt. 1)

Inflation around the globe is escalating quickly. In all likelihood, the world is on the brink of an era of high inflation. A recession may even be on the horizon. This is completely new for virtually all agencies … and most agency leaders, too.

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The fast lane

Part of attracting people to join is showing the benefits to their whole career of spending part of the prime of their working life in an agency.

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High-altitude thinking

The agencies that get ahead are the ones who can see ahead.

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War in Ukraine: Pressures on Food Prices

As we're all appalled by Russia's continuing invasion of Ukraine, we look at another of the consequences, and one that may have an extremely big impact — the price of food. It's being felt already, but there's tougher times ahead.

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Five business books for you in April 2022

For April 2022, there's some interesting books from the world of business and beyond, either out recently or forthcoming, that are worth getting your hands on. Here's five we'd recommend.

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From the heart, from the hip

Coach yourself to take a few more steps out of crisis mode to be a more mindful, wise leader of a healthy agency.

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Our emotions are the ultimate leadership power-up

Emotions are an essential part of being human. Learning how to prevent them from overpowering us is the ultimate leadership power-up.

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The profound power of acceptance to regulate emotion

When things just seem too big and outside our control, it can be hard to keep a handle on our emotions. But accepting things as they are can stop us wasting energy on things we can't change.

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The super-power of putting your emotions into words

It's often hard to talk about how we actually feel. But can talking about our emotions actually help? Well … yep, it turns out. It might even be a super-power.

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Reappraise your emotions and give them some spin

When dramatic things happen our emotions can become fully engaged and cloud our judgement. But with the power of reappraisal to choose what meaning we assign events, we can learn to regulate our emotions and use them to make us better leaders, too.

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What have emotions got to do with leading an agency?

Emotions, eh. What are they good for in agency life? Well, it turns out, quite a lot really.

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Shock absorber

Agencies who have matured as they grow take a different approach. Their leaders mindfully design the agency to ensure continuous evolution is baked in.

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On-ramps and off-ramps

If you think of your agency as a smooth-running motorway, then there are on-ramps to bring talent into your agency, and off-ramps that talent takes to leave.

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Ping

It's too easy to get hooked on the dopamine hits from the 'pings' of new messages or people stopping by our desks, seeming to need our input urgently.

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