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Master virtual leadership: 7 key differences between remote and face-to-face teams

By Natacha Letort / Managing others / 10 minutes of reading

The global pandemic has thrown a metaphorical spanner in the works when it comes to remote working. A mere few months ago, lawyers, accountants, and consultants were busy meeting deadlines, leading and managing their teams, and winning business without having to think much about it. Fast forward about 14 weeks and everything has changed; firms …

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6 clues that you are letting your team members get away with poor performance

By Heather Townsend / Managing others / 6 minutes of reading

If you are going to make it successfully up to equity partner and beyond, you will need a high performing team working for you. A high performing team doesn’t happen by chance! If you are going to lick your team into shape, you have to be prepared to have difficult conversations about performance with individuals …

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3 ways to motivate your team to get them to work harder

By Heather Townsend / Managing others / 3 minutes of reading

There are always going to be times when you need to ask for more from your team. It may be your busy season, or maybe your firm has made headcount cuts – but the workload has stayed the same. In this blog post, we have a look at how to motivate your team to get …

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5 simple ways to unlock the productivity of your team and help them take the initiative

By Heather Townsend / Managing others / 4 minutes of reading

Do you hear complaints from colleagues about their staff not taking the initiative? Do you have a team that just doesn’t seem to have any initiative? Or do you just want to know how to get people to take the initiative? If only they would do what is obvious to you – life would be …

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7 tips to build a team you can rely on and trust

By Heather Townsend / Managing others / 4 minutes of reading

What’s worst than winning a juicy piece of work? Realising you don’t have a team of people who you can reliably delegate down to and trust that they will deliver to the required standard in the time you have been allocated… So, what can you do to build that team around you? In this blog …

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The only 2 steps you need to help your team members work from home (tip: it’s all about creating a new routine)

By Heather Townsend / Managing others / 8 minutes of reading

Wondering how to help your employees work from home? With the current global focus on social distancing, many firms are continuing remote working to prioritise the safety of their employees. As the UK government has strongly recommended that office-based workers work from home for the foreseeable future (if possible), this means that helping your team …

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7 ways to make sure your remote employees are actually working

By Heather Townsend / Building your team, Managing others / 8 minutes of reading

The transition out of lockdown looks like it’s going to be a painfully long and slow process. What this means for professionals, especially if they are going to get through this difficult period, is that they quickly need to learn how to manage their team while they continue working from home. As the biggest challenges …

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The Lawyer, Accountant, and Consultant’s guide: How to create a new daily structure when working from home for the first time

By Heather Townsend / Blog, Building your team, Managing others / 10 minutes of reading

With the current UK government guidance being that office-based workers should carry on working from home for the foreseeable future, now is the time to really make good your daily structure when working from home. When we speak to our clients at the moment we are finding: the adrenaline-fuelled buzz at the start of lockdown …

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3 ways to look after your staff’s wellbeing during COVID-19

By Heather Townsend / Blog, Managing others / 7 minutes of reading

As most working professionals spend a third of their time at work, it’s been a massive adjustment for the masses to start working from home. It’s hard enough just working from home without the added stress of looking after children and the constant financial and health worries stewing in the background, so it’s no wonder …

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18 tried and tested tips on how to run effective online meetings whilst working from home

By Heather Townsend / Blog, Building your team, Managing others / 11 minutes of reading

For a long time, physical meetings were considered far more productive and collaborative than online meetings. As technology continues to progress over time, however, this thinking has slowly been changing especially as more and more companies are starting to embrace remote working. Fast forward to today and we have a truly unique situation on our …

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