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5 ways to ensure staff are ready for a winter of remote working
Experts offer tips on how to work remotely this winter, from looking after physical and mental health to remembering to have fun.
How to motivate and engage staff returning from furlough
Nick Baxter, founder and CEO of recruitment firm Baxter Williams on the best way to motivate and engage your staff after furlough.
How diversity drives innovation
Danish Soomro, founder of Visadb.io, explains how startups can break down barriers and improve diversity.
Four ways business leaders can encourage and accelerate diversity
Nancy Evbuomwan, Strategist and Business Agility Coach, on why there is no one magic bullet solution.
My experience as a woman of colour in the startup world
Nancy Evbuomwan, Strategist and Business Agility Coach, on the ways she has been treated differently.
How we are trying to increase diversity in the startup community
Ben Davey, Barclays Ventures CEO, on the new Barclays Black Founder Accelerator and Ventures United.
Why diversity is a problem for startups and what can be done about it
Izzy Obeng and David Fisayo from Foundervine consider the issues and introduce the Barclays Black Founder Accelerator programme.
How to best work with your co-founder in six key areas
Scott Wylie, co-founder of payments startup PayHere, shares his top tips for maintaining a healthy and productive co-founder relationship.
Surviving the storm - How to look after your team and yourself through stressful situations
Dee Caffari, MBE shares lessons for startup founders that she learned while sailing around the world.
Coaching techniques to help founders improve their performance and resilience
Lucy Mullins shares a 5-step approach to tackle the challenges of running a startup.
8 ways to develop culture and improve leadership
Tips and guidance from recent content created by Eagle Labs, with links to the original articles and videos if you want to learn more.
Why your startup’s culture is important to corporates and investors – and how to protect it
Culture is something that startups must protect, says Emma Cerrone, Executive Director and Digital Transformation Lead at MSD, a global pharmaceutical company.
3 ways that Covid-19 has changed leadership for founders
Babita Devi, intuitive business coach and marketing expert, shares the big changes affecting founders through the pandemic.
Creating motivation with non-financial rewards
A look at what motivates people and how founders can inspire their teams with non-financial rewards.
How Covid-19 has changed the way I manage my startup
Ambuj Agrawal, CEO of ZappyAI explains how lockdown led to increased transparency and productivity.
Culture in startups – it’s critical, but how do you create it remotely?
Laura Bosworth, Head of Sales and Marketing at Amiqus, on the importance of building and maintaining culture in an era of remote working.
How I share leadership and manage as a co-founder
Scott Wylie, co-founder at PayHere, explains how he shares leadership and manages as a co-founder.
6 ways founders can manage productivity and maintain mental health
Professor Almuth McDowall shares practical techniques to stay productive and well.
How to create a strong, responsible culture for your startup
Company culture is one of the key factors to winning investment as well as effective decision-making and growth, says responsible innovation coach Sam Brown.
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How can remote-working startups keep their teams motivated and creative?
What areas should startups and scale-ups consider to maintain motivated and creative teams?
Can hiring digital nomads help build a stronger startup?
Danish Soomro, founder of Visadb.io, is a globetrotting entrepreneur who believes that freedom and productivity go hand-in-hand.
Access to Talent: 8 ways startups can improve their hiring and retention
Key takeaways on how to nurture the best talent during disrupted times.
Emma-Jane Flynn on the potential benefits of Workfinder
With businesses facing challenging times ahead, Emma-Jane Flynn tells us how harnessing student talent could be the way to get ahead in the new norm.
How students can help startups to grow
Sherry Coutu CBE, founder of Workfinder, serial entrepreneur and angel investor, explains what students can bring to the table as startups grow.
Making the move from graduate to startup
Six reasons why joining a startup after graduating could be the right move.
The new ways graduates can gain experience remotely
Jason Fan, BrainCeek co-founder, shares his views on how his graduates could gain experience before their first job.
Tips for virtually onboarding new employees
Founders Amber Atherton, Michelle Kennedy and Stefano Vaccino join us to discuss raising funding and growing their startup during lockdown.
3 techniques to help teams connect and communicate
Emma Jelley, leadership coach and former head of legal at Google UK, on how to build connections.
How Covid-19 is impacting hiring and on boarding among startups
As the recruitment market changes, we offer some practical ways to approach the challenges and opportunities.
Learning to hire remote workers, remotely
Startups still hiring through the Covid-19 crisis are adapting to welcoming new staff remotely, as Peopley cofounders Debby and Phillip Clement explain.
Back to business - support, challenges and opportunities
In the fourth of a series of Facebook Live events, Ian Workman, Managing Director, Co-Head SME from the Barclays Business Banking team hosts a panel of experts discussing ways to get businesses back on their feet.
How to use active listening techniques to support and empower your staff
Emma Jelley, leadership coach and former head of legal at Google UK explains how active listening can benefit your business and your team.
How startups can keep furloughed employees engaged
Employers should not underestimate the significance of being furloughed and the impact it is likely to have on those affected. Here is how to keep employees engaged and supported, even if they’re not working.
How to help your teams embrace remote learning
Careercake founder Aimee Bateman shares practical ways to boost engagement with online training.
Could the Pomodoro Technique boost your productivity?
Dividing your time into manageable chunks could help you to focus while working from home.
Time tracking software to help manage remote teams
The best software for founders keeping track of remote teams.
How startups can create an effective remote learning programme
Careercake founder Aimee Bateman on how to provide engaging training and professional development during lockdown.
Remote learning on a budget
Aimee Bateman, founder of CareerCake, suggests ways to support your staff while managing costs.
All-in workplace diversity and inclusion roundtable
This roundtable is all about why uncomfortable conversations about diversity are important, what it means to be an ally and the pitfalls of mansplaining and Janine from CodeBase advises to always ask questions and not to shy away from the difficult conversations.
How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias
Jim Newbery from CodeBase thinks you’ve got to keep your biases in check and recommends this video from Valerie Alexander who encourages us to examine our own behaviours and snap judgements.
Why inclusive decision-making helps meet rising customer expectations
Claire Whelan from CodeBase likes this blog as it considers different perspectives within teams to work more efficiently and covers how collaborative decision making makes for better and faster decisions.
Do diversity and inclusion have to be overwhelming?
Yasmin from CodeBase thinks this article is interesting because investing in diversity an inclusion is always worth it - and today’s the best time to start. It covers breaking down diversity and inclusion in four clear steps to make it less daunting.
Pheona Matovu | Inclusion
Oli Littlejohn from CodeBase thinks diversity should be important to every company and Pheona’s presentation begs us to question how inclusive we are, what diversity looks like and how to work towards that.
Why diversity and inclusion matters more than ever
Adam from CodeBase warns that you make sure you don’t end up with a team of “mini-me's“ after listening to this podcast that dives deeper into diversity and inclusion issues and looks at how managers can lead the way to effective inclusion.
Tech to help you stay focused and productive at home
For small businesses working through this crisis remotely, productivity at home is key.
Managing remote teams – a fresh perspective
Dee Caffari, MBE, shares her insight and advice for startup leaders.
Managing the stress of working from home
A change in routine is difficult for everyone – here’s how to manage working from home for the first time.
Five ways to boost creativity and innovation between remote teams
A lot of teams are adjusting to suddenly becoming remote workers. This might be particularly difficult for creative teams that are used to sharing ideas in person.
Top SaaS solutions for teams coping under pressure
Keeping a record of your emotions can be helpful in learning how to manage them.
The guide to effective remote working
Most startups have experience in working remotely but always with the option of meeting in person.
How to lead a business as an introvert
Introverts can be quiet and solitary by nature, so a pervading myth is...
Employing staff for the first time
Taking on your first employee is an exciting time for a start-up founder. Here are some essentials steps...
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