Author Archives: Hivemind Group
How can you kickstart your new leadership role?
Stepping into a leadership role can be daunting. Sarah Jones gives first-time leaders some advice. Often when you progress up the career ladder, each step up comes with additional leadership responsibilities. When you first find yourself in a role directing others it can be a challenging prospect, especially if the promotion means you are now…
Four Strategies For A Seamless Transition Into First-Time Leadership
Stepping into a leadership role can be daunting. Sarah Jones gives first-time leaders some advice. Often when you progress up the career ladder, each step up comes with additional leadership responsibilities. When you first find yourself in a role directing others it can be a challenging prospect, especially if the promotion means you are now…
5 Essential Tips to Successfully Lead Teams Working From Home
Many people are now finding themselves trying to fulfil their jobs while working entirely from home. This new working environment creates an additional hurdle that can challenge even the most seasoned of leaders as it is accompanied by increased uncertainty across all areas of life. This is going to be a difficult period for both…
How can you develop your confidence in the boardroom?
A promotion in the workplace can quickly push you outside your comfort zone and it is common that this means you spend more time in the boardroom with senior leaders and managers. For women in particular, confidence in the workplace and the boardroom can be severely lacking and this seriously inhibits them from reaching their…
5 Reasons Why You Need A Data Driven Strategy
Over the past 2 years, I’ve seen multiple organisations evolve out of the emerging digital wave and into the accelerating digital wave. I’ve worked with many of them to help them navigate their way, ride the wave successfully and go on to grow and thrive. It doesn’t matter if you work in government or in…
The Changing Role Of The CMO In A Digital Transformation
Customers are taking control of their data… For a long time now, building a sustainable business has been all about customer data. When we talk about digital transformation, we’re really talking about the digital technologies we can use to gather, analyse and use data. This allows us to better understand who our customers are and…
How To Align Company Culture With Digital Transformation
Often, when I talk to business leaders about digital transformation, their focus is on the technology; “What systems, software, and processes are we going to need, Warren?” These elements are important, of course, but actually successful digital transformation begins with something else. The people in the organisation are crucial. Not just their skills and experience,…
Is Digital Leadership A Load Of BX?
Warren…Mate,” I hear you say. “We know lockdown has been tough, but there’s no call to give up on digital leadership. It’s more important than ever!” Good. I’m glad you’ve been paying attention. For years, we’ve mostly been talking about UX (user experience), and CX (customer experience), and how they need to drive every aspect…
Future Thinking From A Finance Digital Leader
I recently had the pleasure of speaking to Tom Coward, CFO of Cytora, named by Sage as one of their 2021 Finance Futurists. The Finance Futurists represent a new approach to financial management, moving from purely numbers and analysis towards emotional intelligence and communication. In today’s business world, in which, for many sectors, remote working…
Five Ways To Use LinkedIn To Build Your Digital Leadership Profile
I often get asked, “should I be more active on LinkedIn? Will it help build my profile as a digital leader?” If you’re thinking about paying more attention to LinkedIn in your drive to consolidate your thought leadership this year, my answer is this: “100% Yes, you should.” I’m going to tell you why, and…