In our latest Clarity Moments video, Julia gives some tips and advice on leading your direct reports. These include having weekly one-to-one conversations with each member of your team, quarterly meetings where you discuss what’s working in the business and how...
Clarity Moments 24: Leading your direct reports
How to speed up decision-making
One of my clients contacted me recently, and said that while everything was going really well, he wanted some advice on how to speed up decision-making, so his team made better and faster decisions. In my experience, spending more time discussing...
Clarity Moments 22: Learning and growing
In our latest Clarity Moment video, Julia discusses the importance of learning and growing as a leader, and explains the three things she does as a lifelong learner. Read more: Building your leadership skills Watch more Clarity Moments videos on the...
Two pieces of advice for start-ups
I was asked this week the advice I would have given myself when I started my first business – my advice for start-ups. There are two pieces, which are just as relevant for established businesses to remember, well as people who...
Clarity Moments 20: find a peer group
In this video, Julia describes the value she has had from finding and joining a business peer group. She explains how she found the right one, and how she’s has been able to learn and develop her leadership skills, as well...
How important is healthy conflict in your business?
Do you remember the story of the Emperor’s New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen? When all his courtiers are too afraid to tell him that he’s naked for fear of being labelled stupid? Ever feel that sometimes your team might be...