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Forum news
15 Oct 2021
Firms over-reliant on exit polls to gauge employee sentiment
People-based activities (communication, motivation and getting the best from teams) are seen as the most effective management practices to achieve business goals. However, measuring employee sentiment is over-reliant on exit interviews (wrong people + too late), independent research (too impersonal) and issues being actively raised by people (too detached).
Read more14 Oct 2021
Julian Birkinshaw and Tim Murphy on next Transatlantic show
Professor Julian Birkinshaw of the London Business School and Tim Murphy of McMillan join resident panellists Francesca Lagerberg and Dr Larry Richard for the second Transatlantic show on Zoom on Wednesday 3 November at noon ET (5pm UK time). No cost involved as public good.
Read more01 Oct 2021
90% will be working from home at least 50% of the time
Over 90% of people will be working from home for at least half the time, according to the Forum's latest quarterly tracker. Leaders remain bullish with 70% to 80% expecting expansion and few firms expecting contraction over the next year in activity levels, headcount or new work flow.
Read more29 Sep 2021
Europe more relaxed over Covid than North America
European leaders view the lockdown in more positive terms, are less panicked by Covid and more relaxed over returning to the office than their North American counterparts, according to the poll conducted on the inaugural Transatlantic show. Europeans are more likely to reconfigure office space. Happiness levels decreased less at European firms, but more mental health issues surfaced.
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Re-tuning your Firm - Episode 61
Episode 61 of Re-tuning your Firm. Panel: Francesca Lagerberg of Grant Thornton; Jeremy Beard of Haysmacintyre; Alex Hamilton of Radiant Law; and Stephen Parkinson of Kingsley Napley. Includes findings of poll on effective management practices. Hosted by Richard Chaplin
Date recorded: 15 October 2021
Transatlantic show
Re-tuning your Firm - Transatlantic - Episode 1
Episode 1 of Re-tuning your Firm - Transatlantic. Panel: Francesca Lagerberg of Grant Thornton; Dr Larry Richard of LawyerBrain; Larry Stroud of Korverge, and Sebastian Hartmann of KPMG. Includes findings of poll comparing the impact of lockdown between the continents. Hosted by Richard Chaplin
Date recorded: 29 September 2021
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Best solutions for clients - Awards 2021
Mark Grayson, COO at BCLP Cubed, on the winning submission for the Best Solutions for Clients category at the 2021 Awards. More
Date recorded: 10 June 2021
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Fast-track Innovation™ - session 2
Fast-track Innovation™ - Session 2 - Where and how best to deploy design sprints (Ian Jeffery, Becky Shields, Rosemary Nunn, Marcus Dimbleby and Nigel Spencer)
Date recorded: 17 March 2021
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Tuesday 26 October 2021
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Friday 29 October 2021
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Tuesday 02 November 2021
Recent poll findings
Quarterly tracker
Firms remain bullish with 70% to 80% expecting expansion and few expecting contraction over the next year in activity levels, headcount or new work flow. Over 90% of people will be working from home for at least half the time.
Impact of lockdown - Transatlantic show
Europeans view the lockdown in more positive terms, are less panicked by Covid and more relaxed over returning to the office. Happiness levels decreased less at European firms, but more mental health issues surfaced.
Cyber security
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Usage of new technologies
Financial management has the greatest usage, followed by services delivered to clients, then marketing and new business generation, then influencing innovation, then knowledge management, then people management and finally strategy development.
I had often heard the phrase, ‘when the ones at the top look after everybody else, who looks after the ones at the top?' I hadn’t though really recognised this until I joined the Forum! The support, comradeship and sounding board the network provides is exactly what we all need! I would encourage anyone wondering, to take the plunge and join! It will open your mind to a different way of thinking I am sure!
John Munday Managing Director, Paragon Building Consultancy