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“𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒊𝒕? 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈.” - 𝑻𝒆𝒅 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐 This is the face Monty makes when he wants something. I think he might be the best change agent I've ever met. He signals that change is needed with his adorable expression, creating a sense of urgency with gentle pats of his paw. Even after achieving his first success, usually a pâté-filled bone, he consistently encourages me to keep moving towards the refrigerator. Every time I comply, he rewards me with love and affection, then shows me what he wants next. It's clear that he has used his puppy insights to figure out how to get me involved in changing the status quo from no snacks to having plenty! A 2024 report from OC Tanner on Global Organisational Culture revealed that only 47% of UK leaders consider their employees when making business-wide changes. Additionally, just 44% of UK senior leaders seek employee opinions as changes are rolled out. Change is uncomfortable, and if it wasn't, you probably aren't stretching yourself enough. However, that doesn't mean participation can't be fun. So, how do we, as leaders of change, make the experience more enjoyable and collaborative for all? Maybe we can consider being a bit more like Monty. Small changes every day in the right direction can help us become comfortable with being uncomfortable. Happy Friday! 🐾

“𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆." - 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒍 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒈 As the New Year approaches, it's a perfect time to reflect and decide what changes you want to make. The key question is: What will you focus on? Will you aim to get more done with fewer resources, or will you transform the systems and leadership behaviours that drive your current results? It's often tempting to focus on changing others rather than ourselves. However, as Damian Hughes highlights in his book How to Change Absolutely Anything, "For something to change, someone has to start acting differently. Ultimately, all change efforts boil down to the same mission: Can you start behaving in a new way and influence others to do the same?" If you want different results in 2025, reach out to us at Brighter Capability. We can help you develop your leadership style through coaching, enabling you to achieve operational excellence. #leadershipcoaching #operationalexcellence #2025 #bigideas2025

'𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁.' - 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀 The role of a leadership team is to set the general direction of the business and enable their teams to organise themselves to move towards it, because if you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. The role of the leadership team is to create a vision and then cascade the strategy to their teams, ensuring everyone understands the behaviors and resources needed to achieve it. While this might sound like a directive approach to leadership, the best way to implement it is through co-creation. This involves a two-way flow of information up and down the organization, sharing the overall direction, what it means for each team, and everyone’s role. After discussions, if adjustments are needed due to conflicting activities, the information should flow back up to the next layer for further discussion and alignment. At the end of this cascade cycle, there should be clear visibility from the top vision through to functional and team strategies. These strategies should be visible and understood by all. If you and your team need help with your strategy sessions, reach out to katherine@brightercapability.co.uk #strategy #vision #strategydeployment

'𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔.' 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 In 2022, Sage conducted research into the level of support small and medium sized businesses (SME's) were getting to reduce their carbon footprint and they estimated that UK SMEs contributed an estimated 160 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1), representing 44 % of the total UK non-household emissions. This rises to 63 % once their supply chains are also accounted for. Since this time there has been a shift in the availability of carbon literacy training and availability of carbon foot printing for SMEs. Businesses often recognise the importance of becoming greener and may move forward with carbon foot printing, but what next? 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆? If this is the case Brighter Capability can help you. Reach out to us through this post for a free line walk and let's see where this can take us. If you want to stay up-to-date with us, follow our Page. #COSIRI MIDASDX.COM #Sustainabilitystrategy #Peopleplanetprofit International Centre for Industrial Transformation (INCIT)

'𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆' - 𝑫𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒏𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 Consistency might seem mundane, but in operations management, consistently delivering rather than constantly reacting is crucial for both profitability and team happiness. A key part of a leader’s role is to set their team up for success and empower them to self-organise. If you’re unsure where to begin, reach out to us. We can help you establish the right standards to achieve optimal performance. #performance #operationsmanagement #operationsmanagers #standards #teamleaders #leadershipteams #leadership #management

“𝑨𝒔𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘.” Working with manufacturing companies, the topic that people are still struggling with is sustainability. Companies want to do something, but don’t know what the right first step is. Having done many courses on sustainability and helped companies develop their strategy for sustainability, last week, I completed a training course on COSIRI, the Consumer Sustainability Industry Readiness Index, from The International Centre for Industrial Transformation. This framework for evaluating where you are now across 24 dimensions is comprehensive and also offers a prioritisation matrix to identify what are the next 5 things that are right for you as a company to work on. This was delivered by the team at MIDASDX.COM DX and is now my go to for creating a meaningful roadmap for sustainability. Check out the framework and video's, it is well worth it.

“𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.” —𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒔 Starting a journey towards operational excellence doesn't have to be overwhelming. If you want to improve your operational performance and aspire to hit the right quality, on time, in full, at a cost the customer is willing to pay, then why not utilise our operational excellence assessment as a starting point for creating your roadmap to improved business performance? We will conduct an evaluation of each area of your business by asking questions in 1-2-1 and group sessions with those who operate within it. We will collate the view from these sessions to illustrate what is currently working for you and propose topics where you could improve performance. Through conducting a line walk of your business processes, we understand what problems you are facing and discuss what we can do to help you find and implement the right solutions. The line walk takes half a day, is free of charge and enables us to create the right product package for you. Reach out to us today and find out more. #Brightercapability #Operationalexcellence #operationsmanagement 

“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.” —𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒍𝒔𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓 The great thing about this time of year, is being able to watch the sunrise, even though you may be up a little bit later. This is a part of the national forest that Monty and I often walk when the fields are too muddy. The path is clearly visible, even in the twilight, making it an ideal spot to start the day. What I find inspiring about here, is the view of the sunrise. It reminds me that all is not lost, because yesterday didn't go as I planned, because each day, when the sun rises, I have a chance to do something different and try again. Fancy seeing the sunrise tomorrow? Maybe take some time to reflect and choose to do something differently. If it doesn't quite work out, you have another tomorrow the day after to try a different approach. Happy Friday! #sunrise #hope #selfdevelopment #cpd #morningwalks

'𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚, 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔.' Do you want to move into 2025 with a plan for your personal growth? Why not start now with our introductory coaching package. #brightercapability #personaldevelopment #management #careers #startups #future #motivation

'𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁.' - 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀 The role of a leadership team is to set the general direction of the business and enable their teams to organise themselves to move towards it, because if you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. The role of the leadership team is to create a vision and then cascade the strategy to their teams, ensuring everyone understands the behaviors and resources needed to achieve it. While this might sound like a directive approach to leadership, the best way to implement it is through co-creation. This involves a two-way flow of information up and down the organization, sharing the overall direction, what it means for each team, and everyone’s role. After discussions, if adjustments are needed due to conflicting activities, the information should flow back up to the next layer for further discussion and alignment. At the end of this cascade cycle, there should be clear visibility from the top vision through to functional and team strategies. These strategies should be visible and understood by all. If you and your team need help with your strategy sessions, reach out to katherine@brightercapability.co.uk #strategy #vision #strategydeployment