The Top 10 Culture Advisory Firms in the UK
Leaders increasingly recognise the importance of culture and its central role in shaping their organisation’s operational and financial outcomes. The benefit of external support in this area is also generally acknowledged, both for the benefits of an external, independent view as well as the topic of culture itself requiring a depth of expertise – something […]
The Overlooked Dimension of Business Performance
Every leadership team spends significant time discussing two things: clients and financial performance. The reasons are clear. Clients represent growth, opportunity and future revenue, while financial performance provides the evidence of whether the organisation is sustainable and whether strategic decisions are delivering the intended outcomes. As a result, scrutiny falls on sales pipelines, margins are […]
Why High-Performance Culture Depends on Long-Term Strategy
What Drives Confidence If there’s one thing that gives people confidence across an organisation, it’s clarity. Clarity creates direction. Direction creates alignment. And aligned organisations move faster. Yet, despite the importance of long-term thinking, a recent survey of 500 senior business leaders found that 55% of UK businesses do not maintain a long-term strategy of […]
Do you have a Toxic Culture?
The label ‘toxic culture’ seems to be a popular one these days for organisations – in the UK at least – accused of a variety of misdeeds. Earlier this month the CBI, a business lobby group, suffered a PR nightmare as reports of sexual harassment spread to allegations of rape at a work party and […]
Attention all leaders spearheading culture change!
Being in business right now is a complex gig. Times are tight, restructures are all the rage. After multiple years of trying to guess and navigate what’s coming next people aren’t so much change fatigued as ‘change flippin’ knackered’. And that’s all whilst leaders furiously try to keep up with the level of communication and context that’s […]
Culture transformation is not easy, but it’s not a mystic art
I have been at Coode Associates for six months now and wanted to share why I joined and more importantly the impact we have supporting our clients, with whom I feel privileged to work. We combine a focus on results with a deep understanding of what it takes to create a permanent change in an […]
The rise of responsibility
Climate concerns have gone mainstream. Partly obscured by the economic and human distress as a result of Covid-19, this shift is likely to be more significant and have longer term impacts on the human race than the temporary (but severe) effects of the pandemic. In this de-cooded, we review the shifting attitudes towards the […]
What now for leadership?
‘It is not the strongest of the species that survives, it is the one that is the most adaptable to change’ Welcome back to de-cooded, after a break of several months. These longer-form digests are written exclusively for our clients and broader community to provide a synthesis of current events and provide practical insights for […]
The Pursuit of Authenticity
‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes’ ~ Marcel Proust Welcome to a new year and a new decade. If the start of the year is a guide, then the 2020s will prove to be every bit as unpredictable, challenging and full of change as the […]
The hidden formula behind successful organisations
In the UK, the business news in August has featured GSK’s new CEO, Emma Walmsley, and the change of tone and management style she is introducing after taking over the leadership role at the FTSE100 healthcare company. The mood music at GSK is focused on enhancing commercial focus and introducing a culture of greater accountability. Talk […]