5 Unique & Engaging Team Building Ideas

By Staff writer

Team building, whether for the workplace or with family and friends, is an excellent way to strengthen interpersonal relationships while strengthening a variety of essential skills. After all, teamwork is known to increase deep learning through human engagement, problem-solving, dialogue, cooperation, and collaboration.

How To Defend a Call on a Personal Guarantee

By Patrick Selley

A personal guarantee is an agreement between a business owner and lender, stating that individual or individuals who sign it will be responsible for paying the financial obligations of the business if the business fails to do so.

There’s Bias in Burnout, and Things Need to Change

By Caine Bird

In different workplace settings across the world, the strange and unsettling feeling of exhaustion – known as ‘burnout’ – has taken many workers by surprise. With cases on the rise in our society, following the fallout of a disruptive global pandemic, many have studied the phenomenon of burnout. Interestingly, the problem runs deeper. Burnout is, after all, biased.

4 Tips for Working Smarter, Not Harder

By Staff writer

Have you ever wondered why you aren’t as productive as you could be? If so, you’re in the right place because we’re looking at a few surefire ways to boost productivity. There’s lots to cover, so let’s get cracking…

Fashion’s Plagiarism Habit and The Impact on Small Brands

By Emma Ames

The fashion industry often plays it fast and loose with the idea of “inspiration versus imitation”. Plagiarism and design theft has been a recurring issue for the clothing retail market for decades and with the explosion fast fashion, the problem has only gotten worse.

Living the Laptop Lifestyle with Social Cactus

By Amy Crumpton

When we were told in March 2020 to ‘stay at home’, many businesses were thrust into an unknown world, fortunately for me and my team at Social Cactus Coaching, we have been practiced in remote working since I founded the company in 2017.

The Competition to Create the Best Christmas TV Advert

By Emma Ames

The hype that surrounds the release of Christmas adverts from brands like John Lewis, Waitrose, and Marks and Spencer signals the start of the festive shopping experience, as retailers fill their TV slots with short film-like adverts that seem to be getting bigger and more expensive each year.

How To Crush Your Virtual Event

By Victoria Kerr

The pandemic shut the doors on in-person events and businesses had to adapt fast. Virtual events became the go-to option and proved incredibly effective. Now, a shift in approach appears to be staying for the long term, with one UK survey finding 72% of businesses will maintain virtual events going forward, and 77% will pursue a more hybrid approach.