FounderFuel: How team values can be a rallying force for a growing start-up
As founders, we’ve probably all sat down at some point and written a list of values for our ventures, but are these values effectively driving the team culture? Values at their best are about shaping how team members work together;
FounderFuel LIVE with two-time world record holder Laura Penhaul
How can we form teams that can really deliver under pressure? How can we deal with uncertainty as founders to lead the team when it really matters? What team behaviours drive a team to be truly effective? And… What do
FOUNDER FUEL: Fuel your resilience with little wins each day
It takes a special kind of resilience to be an entrepreneur – we all know running a startup is a marathon, not a sprint – so we need to make sure it stays topped up to go the distance. This
FOUNDER FUEL: Focus on what matters with your Big Rocks every week
Time is a fixed resource, which makes your time as a founder a precious asset. Through this lens, perhaps our most important job is to define which priorities get our time and focus. Once we’ve done that we can make
FOUNDER FUEL: Let’s give rest and recovery a rebrand in your head…
As an entrepreneur there is always more that we could do. How many times can you hear yourself thinking “If I can just get this finished” or “I should just do this one last thing” at the end of your
FOUNDER FUEL: Is planning always the best for your team? The conundrum of perceivers and judgers
Do some of your team start to get really uncomfortable when you start changing their plans? Or others start twitching when you are trying to agree to deadlines? This is the conundrum of the Judger and Perceiver personality traits, and
Founder Fuel: Feed your inner introvert or extrovert to get the best from you and your team
Ever wonder why one of the smartest people in your team is staying silent in a meeting on a subject they know about? Or why someone else just doesn’t seem to want to stop talking? The answer lies on the Introversion
FounderFuel LIVE with Olympian and World Champion rower Alex Partridge
What can founders learn from athletes when it comes to getting in the zone to perform under pressure? How important is recovery to performing at our best? Why is it bad that we forget to celebrate the wins? And what
Founder Fuel: Our wellbeing tech guide for founders
With over 70% of founders saying running a business has affected their physical or mental health, and 68% struggling with regular sleep problems, it comes as no surprise that running a startup is tough. As founders, every single day we choose
Founder Fuel: Are negative thoughts downgrading your resilience?
Is it me or are our thoughts just a little bit harder to tame these days? It seems a lot of our founders feel this at the moment. You know the drill… you’re trying to sleep, but your brain has decided “let’s