By RTC|2018-09-18T17:18:03+00:00September 18th, 2018|Categories: Diversity, Founder Insights, Gender, Gender Diversity, Leadership, Women As Leaders|Tags: boardroom, diversity, founder insights, gender, gender equality, key to the boardroom, Leadership, women in business, women leaders|
I’ve been a long-standing advocate for bringing gender balance to corporate leadership through our Women As Leaders course. So I was pleased to read the recent news that California may become the first US state to impose a quota for the inclusion of women on [...]
By RTC|2018-08-17T14:54:28+00:00August 17th, 2018|Categories: Founder Insights, Psychometrics|Tags: business leaders, politics, Psychometrics|
It seems that not a day goes by now without another senior politician resigning, losing their job or causing controversy with their actions and comments. The UK Government is in a state of flux as cabinet ministers fail to agree on Brexit. And with the US President [...]
By RTC|2018-07-18T13:52:02+00:00July 18th, 2018|Categories: Founder Insights, Gender, Gender Diversity, Leadership, Tips|Tags: boardroom, diversity, gender, Leadership|
I was saddened and disappointed – but I have to admit, not surprised - to read recent reports that the UK’s largest companies are still failing to meet government targets to improve gender equality. Figures recently released by the Hampton-Alexander review, a government initiative to [...]
By RTC|2018-07-04T10:00:21+00:00July 4th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Confidence, Confidence at Work, Founder Insights, Tips|Tags: Confidence at Work, Elevator Pitch, Mind Map, Ros Taylor|
You’ve all heard of an Elevator Pitch. You know it’s when someone asks about what you do in the lift to your office. Short and sweet, it should captivate before you exit. It’s often treated with some ribaldry but I would suggest it has a [...]
By RTC|2018-05-09T10:54:57+00:00May 8th, 2018|Categories: BBC, Founder Insights, Optimism|Tags: BBC, behaviour, founder insights, optimism, Ros Taylor|
Want to know how to think like an optimist? One of the downsides of having a mind is that sometimes bad thoughts get stuck in it. This could involve a mistake at work, money worries or perhaps even a fear and these thoughts can prove [...]
By RTC|2018-05-04T14:17:24+00:00May 4th, 2018|Categories: Leadership, mergers and acquisitions, Psychometrics, Team Coaching|Tags: acquisitions, business, Leadership, mergers, Psychometrics, team coaching|
Does merge have to mean purge? When two companies become one, either through a merger or the acquisition of one by the other, it’s not just logistics, assets and finances that are involved. Like a newly blended family, there will be those who embrace the [...]
By RTC|2018-04-04T15:21:58+00:00April 4th, 2018|Categories: Coaching tips, Team Coaching, Training|Tags: coaching tips, team coaching|
Seven Reasons Why Your Team is Under Performing (and how to get them back on track). 1. They’re not 100% sure what they’re meant to be doing. This might seem like a ridiculous statement – everyone has a job description, right? Well, yes, but in [...]
By RTC|2018-03-26T11:21:12+00:00March 26th, 2018|Categories: Case Study, Coach Insights, Corporate Coach International|Tags: Case Study, CCI, coach insights, corporate coach international|
Edinburgh-born Lorna Reid already enjoys a wonderfully eclectic career, juggling a successful job as a part-time business development director for a leading design agency with freelance executive coaching and working as a professional acclaimed jazz singer/songwriter. Her background is in creative communications and marketing, so [...]
By RTC|2018-03-12T10:21:56+00:00March 8th, 2018|Categories: Come to the Front, Founder Insights, International Women's Day|Tags: Come to the Front, founder insights, International Women's Day|
Come to the Front Today I’m celebrating International Womens Day courtesy of the Post Office and in the illustrious company of Dame Fiona Woolf former Mayor of London and various other dignatories. My part of the proceedings was called ‘Come to the Front’ and the [...]
By RTC|2018-02-21T09:56:08+00:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: Gender Diversity|Tags: boardroom, diversity, gender diversity, Leadership|
Given the publicity surrounding gender equality in recent years – both the positive campaigns and the scandals – you might well imagine that diversity is gradually creeping into Britain’s boardrooms. Surely, more and more women are moving into executive positions, even if the process takes [...]
