How to leverage the healthy differences in your team as a competitive advantage Authored by the Horizon37 Team. Our new Difference Bootcamp programme is the fastest way to capture the benefits of healthy differences within your business, using the famous Dimensions of Difference exercise. Partnering with us, we will work with your leadership team toContinue reading “Difference Bootcamp”
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Boards: too much delving, or just doomed?
Katy Tuncer, Joanne Roberts, contributing authors from Ecosystem Altruist event (July 2023) Boards: too much delving, or just doomed? Why the current focus on boards? Ten “Ecosystem Altruists” gathered to consider boards at the Horizon37 and Harwell Innovation Campus/ ARCl summer event. We challenged them: “Are some boards just doomed?” Their conclusion: “Some boards, butContinue reading “Boards: too much delving, or just doomed?”
How to connect with your audience and build a story that they want to be part of
How to connect with your audience and build a story that they want to be part of The Horizon37 Team with contributions from Liz Rivers “No matter what job you have in life, your success will be determined 5% by your academic credentials, 15% by your professional experiences and 80% by your communication skills.” YahyaContinue reading “How to connect with your audience and build a story that they want to be part of”
Two quick checklists to turn paralysing feedback conversations into purposeful performance step-ups
Authors: Katy Tuncer, Vojislava Cekerevac, Joanne Roberts Introducing Fresh Feedback Feedback is like food, it fuels individuals, teams and businesses to grow and develop. However, as we place more focus on compassion, inclusion, innovation and mental wellbeing, in the face of a stressful global environment, this lever of performance uplift seems to be ailing. MoreContinue reading “Two quick checklists to turn paralysing feedback conversations into purposeful performance step-ups “
Five scale-up leadership trends that will trash results in 2023 (and what you can do about them)
Authors: Richard Gibson, Katy Tuncer, Jo Roberts The good news is that successful scale-up leaders can stop these trends from trashing results. The bad news is that there are five important trends that will challenge scale-up leaders like never before in 2023, putting business outcomes at risk. We worked with 56 businesses in 2022*, andContinue reading “Five scale-up leadership trends that will trash results in 2023 (and what you can do about them)”
Expansion News! Our new commitment to the Berlin innovation ecosystem
Expansion News! Horizon37 coach Emily Koolen, from January, will be dedicated to leading our new commitment to the Berlin innovation ecosystem. Like the brilliant leaders we work with, we have our own bold scale-up ambitions. There are lots of opportunities for us to be valuable for innovation businesses, and we are choosing carefully how andContinue reading “Expansion News! Our new commitment to the Berlin innovation ecosystem”
Align teams through closed-loop planning
Insight shared by Paul Anson, Katy Tuncer and Jo Roberts Are you anti-planning? “No time to plan, we are doers around here.” “No plan survives contact with the enemy anyway!” “Everyone already knows what we need to do in our business!” “Planning” gets bad press. It’s boring, time-consuming and unfashionable. It looks a bit likeContinue reading “Align teams through closed-loop planning”
Prove, Defy, Generate
Leader: “Things are very tough….” [The very eloquent and articulate leader gives a strongly analytical and robust description of the impossible situation he is in.] Coach: “Wow, the stakeholders REALLY ARE that stuck in their ways/slow?” Leader: “Yes, I’ve tried everything. And you would not believe how dysfunctional they are.” Coach: “Have you tried challengingContinue reading “Prove, Defy, Generate”
Generating Resilience in Teams Do you want to be on your A-game when it matters? Or your B-game 24/7? Leaders are valuing resilient teams more and more right now. They can adapt and innovate in the face of new challenges; beat the competition when the unexpected happens; and stay motivated and collaborative when the goingContinue reading
Ecosystem Impact Review: The Pandemic Period 2020-22
Why are we doing this review now? We have always been committed to contributing positive and meaningful impact for scale-up leaders and their businesses. We want to be sure we are deploying our products and time where we have the greatest positive impact. As 2022 gets underway, we want to step back and reflect onContinue reading “Ecosystem Impact Review: The Pandemic Period 2020-22”