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Are you at risk of losing sight of your customers’ needs because your focus is on growth above all else?

Are you at risk of losing sight of your customers’ needs because your focus is on growth above all else?

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November 15, 2022
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One of the most common growth pains is losing sight of your customers or clients. Serving your end customer is the reason you set up your business in the first place, and without them your business is in trouble.

What is driving your leadership?

What is driving your leadership?

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November 2, 2022
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Leadership motivation has a direct impact on the culture of the organisation, the processes it uses and the messages it sends to the wider world

Control kills creativity

Control kills creativity

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October 31, 2022
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When we become too focused on process and forget how important it is to think about work creatively, we stifle are stifling the ability of people to do things differently, reducing productivity, and making it more difficult for our businesses to grow successfully.

Start Up award winner Situu's Harry Murphy shares his top tips on growth

Start Up award winner Situu's Harry Murphy shares his top tips on growth

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October 13, 2022
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Join us for more insights on growing a business – how to face the challenges and overcome the pitfalls at 11am on the 20th of October. Barry McNeill, Organisation and leadership specialist and founder of Work Extraordinary is hosting a webinar where we'll be talking about the risk of growing your business at the risk of losing sight of your customers’ needs. We will be joined by three business owners- all at different stages of growth - who will be sharing info on their journeys to date and offering advice on overcoming the challenges they have faced.

Growth will feel uncomfortable; get used to it!

Growth will feel uncomfortable; get used to it!

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June 5, 2021
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Why you are terrified of attracting more customers.

Why trust should be the foundation of your business

Why trust should be the foundation of your business

PUBLISHED
April 24, 2021
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Lessons in how to avoid letting mistrust derail your growing business.

Can work be good for the soul?

Can work be good for the soul?

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April 5, 2021
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As we all reflect on how we recover from the global pandemic, we ask whether work positively influences our lives.

Make it Thrive – a chat with Lizzie Benson

Make it Thrive – a chat with Lizzie Benson

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September 12, 2022
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Work Extraordinary’s founder Barry McNeill was invited to chat to Lizzie Benson on her 'Make It Thrive' podcast as part of a series discussing changemakers - people who challenge the status quo, disrupt conventional thinking and encourage others to reach their personal and business goals by doing the same.

What kind of organisations do we want to build?


What kind of organisations do we want to build?


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September 10, 2022
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Work Extraordinary’s founder Barry McNeill was recently a guest on Mary Gregory’s Facebook live interview, Lessons in Leadership. It helps entrepreneurial leaders to have the confidence and the tools to take their creativity into their next growth spurt. That’s in addition to engaging their people to build extraordinary organisations.

Work Extraordinary joins the StartUp Awards as latest partner

Work Extraordinary joins the StartUp Awards as latest partner

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August 22, 2022
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The StartUp Award National Series helps champion and support the ever-growing number of start-ups across the UK. We look to discover and celebrate some of the most exciting new businesses.

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