Gary Smith on LinkedIn: Interesting article by my OIM colleague. Jerome distinguishes between the… (2024)

Yvonne posts some interesting thoughts about self development in this month's Osborne newsletter. I have often used the rule-of-thumb for me and my teams of attempting to do the day-job in four days per week, leaving the fifth day of the work week for activities that move the game on, either for the business, for the team or for the individual. This "fifth day time" can be used to work on strategy, to get a better understanding of a new market, to take some courses, or maybe to get out and meet and greet team members you haven't seen for a while. Taking this approach has other benefits - to free up one day every week takes real effort: you must stop doing stuff that is unimportant, cancel unnecessary meetings and get good at effective delegation. As a leader, I have always felt guilty when I have needed to ask team members who are already working long hours to do something extra. Helping them adopt the "four-days-per-week-for-the-day-job" mentality removes that guilt and replaces it with a feeling that we have a powerful resource to drive progress.

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Interesting thoughts about AI from my colleague Robin Albright. Worth a read!

My Interim Management Team is looking for finance executives: https://lnkd.in/geKfsrTc

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Interesting remote, part-time role with a very interesting organsation: Check out this job at Ladysmith: Research and Business Development Manager

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Great to see some of the changes in the charity sector that my colleague, Derek Fraser, talks about in this month's newsletter. Particularly liked the AFP job board policy of requiring salries to be published in recruitment adverts and the impact of truth and reconciliation in this sector. Worth a read!

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Anyone needing to know more about Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance would do well to attend this workshop hosted by my colleague Awad Loubani.

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Really enjoyed my colleague Julie Oden’s reminder about the importance of “Purpose” for a business brand. Well worth a read in this month’s newsletter.

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Interesting thoughts from my colleague Colleen Winston on the importance of reflection. I was struck by the statistic that reflection increases performance by 23% (although how that is measured is a mystery). Also made me think that the Duke of York might have benefitted from some reflection in his past activities and associations!

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