People, planning, process. Probably the most important things to drive business growth.

What are the top three things that make a workplace great? And, as a boss, what can you do to deliver them?

Not often 'failure and weakness' is the only item on the agenda. But it was yesterday, and rightly so.

All conversations are best face-to-face. Some are essential.

I’m joining Graphite Partners as chairman, working closely with the founder and managing director Max Williamson.

A brilliant afternoon at the APSCo Awards for Excellence. Great to see such talent and creativity in our industry being recognised.

Sometimes you get a blast from the past.

Preparing for a meeting with Graphite Partners got me thinking about my own experiences working with non-executive directors, as well as how to add maximum value as a non-exec chairman.

39% of new recruits leave a job in the UK within six months.

‘Spray and pray chatbots wrecking recruitment’ screams the headline in The Telegraph this morning.

Is recruitment stuck in the 90s — or has ‘rec tech’ really moved things forward?

When I left Sellick Partnership, I thought maybe that was it.

The recruitment sector powers over £40bn of the UK economy – yet rarely gets the credit it deserves.

Like 93% of the population I’m a state school kid.

The challenge of moving from start-up to scale-up strategy, and to exit readiness, is a journey every entrepreneur and founder needs to consider.

Are you trusted?
It’s probably the most important question in business.

Calling for input please!

I’ve been reading and thinking a lot recently about the role and impact of AI on companies, the workplace, and jobs.

There’s something special about getting a hand-written note of thanks. 

Some grim reading in The Times this morning about the state of the job and recruitment market in the UK, France, and Germany.

When I founded Sellick Partnership in 2002, I had a vision for what the kind of business I wanted to grow.