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And how to do that. As the adage goes, “the only constant is change”.  We’ve seen massive global changes happen over the past 18 months. With that, your customer’s needs are likely to have shifted significantly too. This creates new demand for new types of services and products and new expectations among customers of how they want those to be delivered. There’s opportunity in that. Companies that evolve to meet these needs are likely to be rewarded with future growth.  But, to evolve efficiently and effectively, businesses often need to undergo a carefully managed process of change internally. I have helped several organisations successfully achieve change, and I’m keen to share what I’ve learned along the way. In this blog post, I’ll dig into:   What organisational change is and why it’s essential to manage it, How you can help your people navigate the necessary adjustments, What to do if you need any help in achieving your business change goals.   What is Business

OK, so this is a guest blog written by Kevin Jeeps for my friend Danielle. We met through a local networking group, In Business , that, because of the current pandemic, is holding its meetings using Zoom. That, in itself, is helping the environment simply because the members and guests are not travelling, and therefore not producing exhaust emissions, to the meetings. Speaking purely personally, my car has done less than 1,000 miles since the middle of November 2020, a great result for the environment! Firstly, what’s my background and why am I interested in the environment? Well, I was born and bred in a village in Cambridgeshire and, although I went to my village primary school, my secondary school education was in Cambridge itself. When I was doing my Geography lessons at both O and A Level, I was taught about some of the earth’s natural energy sources. At the time, these were coal, oil and natural gas. I distinctly remember thinking to myself: “These are finite resources! What wil

On my mission to make an impact in the world of sustainability, I spent a lot of time in 2020 talking to owners of small, environmental-focused businesses, to dive deeper into their passions and understand more about their reasons for setting up the companies they run. We also explored some of the key challenges they've been facing in their businesses and whether there are any industry-specific issues they've had to overcome.                         Where have they come from? There have been some wonderful stories about how these business owners have got to where they are today and what inspired them to set up a sustainability related business, which I thoroughly enjoyed hearing and being able to share my own story with them too. Some of the themes in these stories include: Love of nature, the earth and animals - both on land and at sea Influences from family and friends Watching documentaries and observing the human impact on the planet Having noticed the need for sustaina

There's been a lot of talk about the 'new normal' or the 'next normal' over the year, and what that's going to look like. I even created a free resource earlier in the year based around this concept, to help business leaders review the various elements of their business and establish a plan to move forwards. But this phrase feels like it suggests some sort of fixed state that can be defined, described and planned for. And as things progress and we watch events unfold, I think we've realised that this isn't the case. What happened during the Pandemic We saw huge leaps forward in some areas as a result of Covid, which might otherwise have taken years,  such as  –  the quick  creation of the nightingale hospitals, a n almost immediate  shift towards remote working,  adapting to  virtual medical appointments and many more. For businesses that were forced to change, they seem to fall somewhere on a spectrum: were able to completely change what they were

                         My business has survived its first year! I originally set up my company as a vehicle to operate as a contractor project manager in October 2019, which is what I did for the first five months of my company's existence. At the time there were already some significant tax legislation changes on the horizon for the private contractor market (the dreaded IR35 rules) but when Covid hit, the work I was doing on office IT infrastructure came to a halt as offices across the country closed down. It also compounded the uncertainty and instability in the market and I decided it was time to do something different. So why am I doing what I'm doing?   I've always known I wanted to work for myself. From a personal point of view I enjoy autonomy, creativity and the freedom to pursue things that catch my interest at my own pace. I'm also not great at doing as I'm told by someone else - especially if I don't understand or agree with what I'm bein