What can you do as an employer in a highly turbulent economy? Lots, actually. Practical suggestions and usable actions so you can safeguard the health of your workplace, look after your team, and sustain a resilient business in challenging times.
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?
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Agencies who have matured as they grow take a different approach. Their leaders mindfully design the agency to ensure continuous evolution is baked in.