As I’ve written many times over recent years, one of the privileges of doing this job is that I get to sit down and chat with leaders from different businesses, in different sectors and with different challenges and opportunities ahead of them. There’s nothing new there. As an inevitable part of those conversations, the subject... Read more
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Mental Health at Work with PlanetK2
We’ve all heard the stats. Poor mental health is costing the economy billions each year and millions of work days are being lost due to mental health problems. Mental Health isn’t about stats. It’s about people and unless there is a firm foundation of good mental health, sustainable & ethical high levels of performance are... Read more
Company Culture
Collaboration culture helps challenger agency bring transparency to advertising
Bountiful Cow co-founder Henry Daglish shares the journey of founding a fully-transparent challenger media agency. Learn about what they're working on with us at PlanetK2 to ensure everyone at Bountiful Cow are performing at their optimum and the impact its having. The beginning From the moment we set up Bountiful Cow as a fully-transparent, challenger... Read more
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Introducing Helen Glover MBE – our newest PlanetK2 ambassador
We’re delighted and excited to announce our newest PlanetK2 ambassador – Helen Glover MBE. As a professional rower and a member of the Great Britain rowing team, Helen is a truly inspiring high performer from the elite sport arena. Helen is ranked the number one female rower in the world since 2015, is two time... Read more
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Highlights from PerformanceFest Lounge 2018
What do an acclaimed actor, a bomb disposal expert, two globally successful musicians and an outstanding emergency medicine consultant have in common? When it comes to high performance, we discovered its quite a lot! If you’ve been following us on social media, you might have seen excited coverage of our very first PerformanceFest Lounge event.... Read more
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PerformanceFest Lounge 2018
An acclaimed actor, a bomb disposal expert, a globally successful musician and an outstanding emergency medicine consultant all walk into a cinema… This, is going to be a unique event. All brought to you by Make it Cheaper, the money saving experts. For one balmy afternoon only, there's an exclusive opportunity to hear from four... Read more
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Team LifeReady – Aids Lifecycle 2018
In our quest to share our human performance expertise and do some good in the world where we can, this year we're supporting Team LifeReady, sponsoring and coaching the team as they prepare for Aids LifeCycle 2018 - our very own Keith Hatter is even off to be their roadie for the event! A complete... Read more
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The sideways route to success!
Chris Voller, formerly AXA Insurance UK Claims Director and a PlanetK2 Hall of Famer. He’s always been committed to helping his people grow. People don’t normally associate ‘sideways moves’ with success. It’s usually seen more as an interruption on the pathway to greater things. Sometimes a sideways move might even be a negative, indicating that... Read more
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All present? Presenteeism in the workplace
We were reading about presenteeism in the workplace this week. Presenteeism, if you’re unfamiliar with the term, is showing up for work without being productive, usually because you’re poorly or unfit to work in some way. Apparently it’s now viewed as more widespread and problematic by businesses than absenteeism. It’s an issue for several reasons –... Read more
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Making high performance part of your business culture
Jo Webb is an independent HR consultant who specialises in supporting businesses through culture change. Jo was formerly European HR Director at The Marketing Store where she led their high performance culture change programme. We had the privilege of working with Jo on this project, and for us, she’s someone who truly understands high performance... Read more
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