Quirk Solutions

📆 Less than one week to go until The 2024 The Business Show London opens! We look forward to welcoming delegates to Stand B1926 and Chris Paton's keynote at 11.45 on Tuesday.  Here’s why you should drop by: 🔶 Culture Diagnostic Demo: We’ll be showing off our pioneering tool and how we use the results to drive positive and lasting change for our clients. 🔶 Chat with our Expert Team: Our culture and leadership experts will be on hand to answer your questions and discuss best practices. 🔶 Learn Top Tips: We'll help you succeed at scaling your business. Drop by to see how you can measure, improve and enhance an organization's culture to achieve outstanding results.  🔶 Prizes: Drop by our stand for a chance to win an exciting prize.  If you want to arrange a chat at the show please DM Georgina Dean or Chris Paton Free tickets are still available here: https://lnkd.in/dCdVDmv #TheBusinessShow #TBSUK #culture #leadership #TBS50

We're delighted to have partnered with Alpha FMC to explore how aligning organisational culture drives significant performance improvements and provide actionable steps to diagnose an organisations culture. Our Chief of Staff, Merolyn Whitaker co-authored an article and white paper alongside Alpha FMC's Eva Szczepanska, CFA, and Alex Hayes exploring how asset management firms can enhance their culture to leverage significant improvements in customer loyalty and productivity. Through case studies and proprietary analysis, we have presented actionable strategies for leaders to build a productive culture. You can find out more about how culture helps to drive business performance by reading our article and white paper here: https://lnkd.in/dAmMPaFK #culture #employeeengagement #productivity

Event alert! There are a few remaining places to join our London event on 21st November: 'Dare to Listen - Create an enviable culture through listening'. Our guest speaker is the brilliant Tom Lawson, CEO of Opencast | B Corp™. A B-Corp certified, multi-award winning business and one of the Sunday Times' Fastest Growing Companies. Tom and the team have cultivated an enviable culture to enable growth. We will hear about their purpose and approach and how employee listening has played a critical role. The event is in partnership with Quirk Solutions and you will get the opportunity to hear from the brilliant team at Quirk and we will share a bit about our latest research on employee listening. Join us for an evening of insightful conversation and networking at: Robert Walters Covent Garden WC2 9AB 5:00pm-7:30pm You can register via Eventbrite using this link.. https://bit.ly/40rzs0x

❗Come visit us at The Business Show London 2024 ❗ We’ll be exhibiting at the upcoming The Business Show on the 13th and 14th November at Excel London. Find us on Stand B1926 where we’ll demonstrate our pioneering culture diagnostics and share insights into building a strong culture.    🗣 Our Managing Director, Chris Paton will be delivering a keynote at 11.45 on the 13th where he’ll talk about how to effectively scale your business through high impact culture and leadership. If you’re coming to the event and would like to chat please DM Chris Paton or Georgina Dean. Tickets are free and can be claimed here: https://lnkd.in/d5WF4CP We look forward to seeing you there! #TheBusinessShow #TBSUK #TBS50 #culture #leadership 

🗣 “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other” This famous quote from John F. Kennedy perfectly encapsulates the mindset of high-performing leaders AND they ensure their organisation shares it. By making learning a key pillar of culture an organisation is well-positioned to be innovative by instilling a growth mindset in its employees.  This is how agile organisations are created—employees are always growing their skillset and identifying or creating new market trends, and they become market leaders by adapting quickly. When JFK challenged NASA and the US to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s, they trailed the Soviet Union in the space race. This challenge required NASA to learn a LOT quickly but eventually led to the success of Apollo 11 in July 1969. JFK helped NASA become the world's leading space programme because he set an ambitious goal that required it to become a learning-orientated organisation, and this culture remained throughout the early stages of the ambitious Space Shuttle programme.    As a leader how do you ensure that you're learning continuously? #leadership #growthmindset #culture

Military culture is often perceived to be very much command and control focused. I have even had, in the past, people say to me that "we really need change in our business, but don't want a group of consultants that are just shouting at us". Television shows often reinforce this misconception, overplaying that shouty, sweary, aggressive stereotype. Why? Because its good for viewing figures. But its not the reality. In the clip attached, I explain why this isn't the case, and introduce a simple yet powerful concept, which the military use to help leaders empower their teams. My next speaking engagement is on the 13th of November, at The Business Show, from 11:45-12:15 in Theatre 13. Come along! I'd love to meet you there. You can get free tickets to the whole show here: https://lnkd.in/eRt2PvSx I'll be talking about how to successfully scale your business through high-impact culture and leadership. I’ll explain how to measure, improve and enhance your organisations culture but also leverage it to create that coveted lasting competitive advantage. Business growth needs to be more than just revenue and profitability to be sustainable, there has to be growth in culture and leadership to support it.  Any organisation is a meshing of different cultures, beliefs and behaviours. Without needing to repeat Peter Drucker's famous quote, we all know that the wrong organisational culture can undo even the best strategy. This is backed up by research that shows culture not only has a short-term performance impact but lasting effects as a competitive advantage. As business leaders we all dedicate time to strategic thinking, but do we dedicate enough time to building a strong culture that primes our business for growth? I’ll be at the show both days alongside the Quirk Solutions team. If you want to chat, either DM me or drop by Stand B1926. #TheBusinessShow #TBSUK #TBS50 #culture #leadership #speaker

Less than 3 weeks until The Business Show at Excel London and I'm back doing what I do best at exhibitions.....exhibiting!!! 🙌 I'll be on the stand of Quirk Solutions who are a change-led consultancy that enables CEOs and HR Leaders to empower their most valuable asset – people! Something I am hugely passionate about! 🧡 Quirk's MD (and one of the best speakers I've EVER seen!!! 🤯) Chris Paton will be live on Theatre 13's stage at 11.45am on Day 1! You do not want to miss him! Details: https://lnkd.in/e5USGTZh Looking forward to seeing lots of you there 🤩 Free tickets for 13-14th Nov: https://lnkd.in/eFu6fqXB #TBS50 #TheBusinessShow #TBSUK #Culture #Leadership #expo

Good communication is vital to effective leadership; your words are highly impactful- from shaping culture to motivating employees and setting strategic direction. Here are some actionable tips to help you lead with purpose and clarity: 🔶 Focus on Clarity. Complexity weakens your message and can result in your team misunderstanding your direction or intentions. 🔶 Ensure a Common Understanding. Listening is a key aspect of effective communication; ensure you carefully listen to your teams understanding of what you’ve told them and correct them if necessary. 🔶 Be Transparent. Transparency builds trust, this doesn’t mean sharing everything but as much as you realistically can to provide helpful context. 🔶 Emphasising Shared Purpose.  Be consistent about WHY your organisation does what it does. This builds team spirit and motivates employees to achieve goals. 🔶 Tailor the Message. Different audiences expect to hear something relevant to their unique needs and expectations.  What other communication techniques help you lead effectively? #leadership #communication #management  

Our pioneering culture diagnostic tool helps leaders to assess and evolve organisational culture to enhance performance.  By mapping culture using different models we provide a holistic picture of the current and desired culture of your business, this allows us to identify areas of improvement and provide actionable and impactful recommendations.  Our recommendations have been proven to help businesses increase staff retention, and productivity and reduce M&A integration timelines. To receive a sample Culture Report, please DM Adam Sturgeon 

We know that the key to sustainable success is based on how you develop your leaders and key stakeholders in any business. At Quirk, we understand that great leaders aren't born—they're developed. By working closely with our clients and their senior teams, we help leaders using several different tried and tested modules to develop them as people and ultimately, positively impact the business performance. Investing in leadership development is crucial for: ✅ Empowering future leaders ✅ Driving innovation and growth ✅ Strengthening decision-making ✅ Creating a culture of continuous improvement Leadership is not just about managing people—it’s about inspiring, guiding, and unlocking their full potential. By nurturing strong leadership skills across teams, we ensure the long-term success of our client businesses and those at the forefront. #LeadershipDevelopment #GrowthMindset #FutureLeaders #Leadership #ProfessionalDevelopment