by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
I try to stay away from matters of politics when I write. But the events of the last few months, and the last few days in particular, are making it hard for me to keep my distance. The reason is simple. Politics, and our politicians, are intervening more and more in...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 5, 2020 | Business, Leadership, People Management
Lately, I’ve been involved in a series of executive reviews. Some of them were delayed from the March year end because of the lockdown, and we have just completed a couple of others based on the June year end. The executives in question have included a couple of CEO’s...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog, Customer Experience, Leadership, Reflections
On the surface, there appear to be plenty of success stories in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown. As a nation, we are back into the full swing of things at work, unlike many of our trading partners who are either continuing or returning to full or partial...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog, Leadership, People Management, Reflections
I often get asked to help some of our younger people. The call can come from a parent whom I know or from someone in business who recommends me as a person worth speaking to. Every now and then I get an approach from the young person themselves. As a result, I seem to...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 21, 2020 | Blog, Business, Leadership, Reflections
Somewhere in the distant fog of my memory is a dim recollection of the highlights of my high school years. Some memories stand out. Others less so. One piece of nostalgia that is easy to overlook was my attendance at Economics class. I was in what was then called the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog, Business, General, Reflections
It’s been good to be out and about again. And I can’t help but observe the way people in business are going about things. I saw someone the other day who reminded me of the way things were done many years ago. It made me think. He was in a selling role in a retail...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 17, 2020 | Blog, People Management, Reflections
There seems to be plenty of commentary predicting the ‘death of the office’. This, of course, has come as a result of the new ‘work from home’ regime that has seen many of us remain busy and effective without having to go to work each day. We have been able to sit in...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Reflections
In a few days time we will have crawled out of the darkness of lockdown and we’ll begin to understand what life at level three looks and feels like. There is no question that we have done a good job of minimising the potential damage to our population and our health...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Leadership, People Management, Reflections
As business owners and managers, many of us are trying to understand what the new ‘post Covid 19’ economy will look like. There are plenty of discussions about what the future might have in store and we are already starting to see evidence of difficult discussions....
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, Leadership
It’s not until it all stops that you have a moment to think about it. When the market is booming, everyone is happy and upbeat. People are positive and those in decision-making roles are comfortable. Life is good. I remember the lead up to the GFC. One of the things...
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