Rounding off our best year yet!
Our 26th year in business has certainly been one to remember. As our most successful year yet, we’re pleased to be growing and would like to thank all those who have played a part in what has been an extremely rewarding twelve months. We’re grateful to have strengthened our relationships with long standing clients such […]
The Analysis team welcome Matt!
We’re pleased to announce that Matthew Puttock has recently joined the analysis team as a Consultant Analyst. Matt graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA History degree. During his time at university, he specialised in twentieth century history, as well as early medieval history. At the age of thirteen, Matt worked part-time in […]
Am I Hearing or Listening?
Everyone has heard the term at school, probably from quite a strict primary school teacher, “You have two ears and one mouth, you should listen twice as much as you speak.” As cliché as it is, how often have you been in a meeting where the only way you get to speak is to talk […]
Enabling effective active managers
Active management is critical for sustained high performance: It ensures issues are raised and solved proactively, avoiding a culture of fire-fighting Staff’s skillsets are fully utilised and development areas picked up and addressed KPIs and targets are of central focus and specific actions to improve performance are assigned and owned through to completion One of […]
Welcoming Dan to the grad team!
We’re pleased to announce that Dan Beeston has joined our Trainee Management Consultant programme. Dan recently graduated from the University of Bristol with a 2:1 in BSc Economics and Philosophy. During his time there he worked as a Business Development Intern at Quantum Dice, acquiring key competencies in market research and strategy development. Outside of […]
Dealing with the Peter Principle
‘In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence’, stated Dr Laurence J. Peter – a sociologist and business consultant – in the 1968 book called ‘The Peter Principle’. The idea of the Peter Principle is straightforward: employees are promoted according not to their skills or aptitude but their […]
Returning to Thrive!
The Managementors team thoroughly enjoyed their second volunteering day at Thrive. The team did a great job digging, weeding, sanding and oiling garden furniture, whilst posing for the odd picture. Thrive uses social and therapeutic horticulture to improve physical and mental health, as well as communication and thinking skills, regardless of age or disability. The […]
Influencing Sustainable Change
Influence is a vital part of leadership – to lead is to influence outcomes. The Cambridge Dictionary defines influence as affecting or changing how someone or something develops or thinks. It is essentially a powerful tool in getting what you want. In the workplace, influence may be required to garner support for a particular decision, […]
Expanding our consulting team
We are pleased to announce that Charlotte Marlor has joined the Managementors team as a Management Consultant. Charlotte graduated with a BA Hons in Politics and History from Lancaster University. After finishing her Undergraduate degree, she worked in Beijing during the summer for the British Council, then returned to University to complete a Masters in […]
It’s good to talk
As businesses seek to redefine themselves during this period of (seemingly) never ending change, we as consultants are increasingly finding ourselves tasked with supporting programmes of organisational transformation. Change programmes we typically see appear to focus on engagement, resilience and embedding organisational identity, where company culture allows colleagues to thrive, whilst being given the right […]
