by Erika Clegg | Nov 7, 2022 | blog
Values are your opportunity to underpin a thriving culture that gets everyone working towards a common goal. So if your values aren’t driving your culture – what is? Here are some common signs of a culture that’s strayed from values-driven towards an altogether...
by Erika Clegg | Oct 31, 2022 | blog
With everything in life, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. I love it when people are maverick and flourish. Most entrepreneurs I know have consistently done it the ‘wrong way’ and bounded forward through life. Despite being over 150 years...
by Erika Clegg | Oct 24, 2022 | blog
Larkenby’s positioning statement is this: “Every company has values. Very few have an Active Ethos.”. What is an Active Ethos? It’s the relentless application of a really well crafted set of values to create culture. Without grasping the craft...
by Erika Clegg | Sep 30, 2022 | blog
This evening I was extraordinarily lucky to see one of the titans of Flamenco guitar, Juan Martin, play a comeback concert in a tiny theatre in my hometown. It was skilful, phenomenal, transporting. And he told this story. As a young man he learned to play Flamenco...
by Erika Clegg | Sep 18, 2022 | blog
The transfer of all Patagonia shares to Trusts to protect the environment was all over the news in mid September and rightly so. Yvon Chouinard has built one of the world’s most fascinating businesses, and at every step he has put values first. I share...
