Business and Employee Management

Business and Employee Management

by Clive Keyte As a manager of an organisation, you will naturally be focused on both business and employee management issues. From setting KPIs to holding appraisals, these twin activities will take up a sizeable chunk of your time, effort and resources. But what...
COVID-19 Working from Home

COVID-19 Working from Home

by Clive Keyte As the UK gets to grips with the reality of the COVID-19 national lockdown, it has been interesting to see the effects on daily working patterns. For example, the Intrafocus team tends to do most of its work online. Our strategy consultants are...
Speak Up At Work

Speak Up At Work

As business leaders, the notion of speaking up at work may seem to be entirely logical and commonplace. But the fact is, many workers feel that they don’t have a voice and businesses suffer as a result. In this article, we take a closer look at the issue, the...
What is the Gig Economy?

What is the Gig Economy?

March 2023 update: This article was originally written in July 2019 using the data available at that time. In February 2023, new data from Credit Summit showed that the gig economy is growing more rapidly than expected. The reasons are many, not least of which are the...
Better Measurement equals Better Management

Better Measurement equals Better Management

Better measurement equals better management We’ve talked recently in some depth about Key Performance Indicators and the need to select the right number of meaningful KPIs which truly matter to the organisation’s strategic priorities.  For managers, diving...