by Robin Dicks | Sep 2, 2024 | Robin's Blog
The recent news that Ofsted is changing from a one-word rating to a more nuanced system got me thinking again about the remaining focus on Net Promoter Scores NPS by some firms. And indeed, the focus on Likelihood to Recommend as they manage individual client...
by Robin Dicks | Jun 30, 2023 | Robin's Blog
Normally, of course I’d say yes. However… In my (driving) life I’ve had more cars from one marque/brand than any other – five in fact. Bit of an advocate really. Until a recent experience. Won’t bore you with the detail, but for the best part of 2 months I was unable...
by Robin Dicks | Jan 10, 2023 | Robin's Blog, Uncategorized
The events of the last few years have made many of us think about improving work-life balance and our wellbeing. Some research we did last year flagged up the widespread risk of ‘burn-out’ amongst staff in professional services. So this link includes our...
by Robin Dicks | May 27, 2020 | Robin's Blog
A couple of weeks ago our car – probably like many others in the last few weeks – had a flat battery. The thing about modern cars is it’s a lot more complicated than it used to be, you can’t just stick jump leads on any more. In the end it...
by Robin Dicks | May 14, 2020 | Robin's Blog, Uncategorized
I’m not going to say “this is a challenging time”. There’s no need to replay all that. You already know. What’s more important is that some of the unknowns may derail your competitive ability to retain work and clients over the next few months....
by Robin Dicks | Mar 24, 2020 | Robin's Blog
It feels right to talk about something more “normal” for the moment. We did an interesting project a few months ago for a firm which was keen to understand the truth about how its capability was perceived vs. competitors, and indeed if it could...