What is Active Ethos and why does it matter?

What is Active Ethos and why does it matter?

Your Ethos – or culture – is your moral compass, to which you hold yourself accountable individually, and as a team; and to which people outside can hold you accountable, too. Because it’s deeply rooted in your organisation, and yours alone, it’s real. In...
Larkenby: now is the time.

Larkenby: now is the time.

When organisations set their Vision 2020 all those years ago, they were not expecting this 2020. And what that has shown us all is that you can plan until you pop, but if something huge happens, resilience is essential. That resilience comes from a number of places....
Feel values. Do culture.

Feel values. Do culture.

Feel values. Do culture. Values are things you feel in your belly. They are your beliefs. When faced with tough choices, reaching into your values will give you the answer. For people and for organisations alike, they are deep-set, instinctive and it takes some soul...
2021. Make it the year you lead with values.

2021. Make it the year you lead with values.

Do you find challenging conversations difficult? Do you avoid them? That, my friend, is the danger zone: because what you let slide becomes your culture. Those tough conversations have to be had. Not just by you, but between everyone in your organisation. They are the...
Corporate Culture Champions: are you brave enough?

Corporate Culture Champions: are you brave enough?

Over the course of Step One Active Ethos workshops, and in following up around them, one thing has become abundantly clear to me. Larkenby is most needed where we are not wanted. Where there is strong resistance to culture, it’s very hard for people like you who...