Agile Leadership and Subcontracting
I have recently been involved in a situation where I am going to bring into this article agile leadership, especially during and post COVID-19, as…
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Change: from Chaos to Control
At the end of February, I came back from a brief trip to Australia. Whilst I was there, I first became aware of the chaos…
Mergers & Acquisitions due to COVID-19
It should be no surprise that Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A’s) have slowed down during COVID-19 (CV19), however within the last couple weeks we have noticed…
Online Apprenticeships
During the COVID-19 crisis there has been a great push to utilise technology for the benefit of all, this is to be applauded. In a…
The Skills Market Must Not Operate in a ‘Bubble’
The world is changing, unprecedented is now being replaced with new normal and I’m sure that will be followed with something else. As an observer…
Friday Thought: Leadership – What it is and what it is not
A question that I have grappled with for many years is – what is leadership? It is such a simple question but a question that…
Subcontracting: Responsible and Irresponsible Primes
Last week, we got engaged in a LinkedIn debate about primes acting irresponsibly with their subcontractors. The debate was started by Steve Lawrence of EEVT…
Gender Gap In Apprenticeships
National statistics on apprenticeships and traineeships in England published by the Department for Education in January 2020 tell us that the number of men and…
Furlough Turning to New Normal
Six weeks ago the word furlough entered our vocabulary. For me, I had never heard of it before but it is now embedded into our…
Further Education has been catapulted into a new business cycle in the past five weeks: Ethical Relationships post COVID-19
Over the series of our webinars we have spoken extensively about ‘ethical relationships’ post COVID-19 (CV19), ethical relationships is not new and has been around…