Using Hybrid Working to Improve Your Culture and Performance
Partners across the legal sector are struggling to get teams back into the office and still face huge challenges with attraction and retention of talented solicitors. While the legal sector had already explored hybrid working to an extent pre-pandemic, developing a clear working model is now essential. While more than half of firms have brought […]
Starling Bank – A Shining Example of Winning With Purpose
As passionate believers in the power of being led by your Purpose, Pecan and Hedgehog are always on the lookout for success stories to inspire others who want to win with Purpose and find the courage and bravery to do so. Here we share the story of Starling Bank, KPMG Nunwood’s 2021 UK Customer Experience […]
Don’t Park Purpose
Guest blog by Alyson Chadwick One of the questions I’m asked on Purpose is whether the cost of living crisis and high inflation will put pay to the growth in focus on Purpose – either slowing/halting its progress, or even reversing some actions already being taken by organisations. Reading between the lines, the assumption being […]
Creating Purposeful Leadership and why it matters
Only 18% of individuals trust business leaders, to tell the truth 75% of employees want to experience more authenticity at work. In today’s political climate it would be easy to feel we’re having a crisis of leadership, void of ethics, full of spin and putting themselves ahead of those they should be serving. Here at Pecan […]
Taking Action On Purpose
This is a guest blog from Alyson Chadwick, Co-founder and Director at Hedgehog Strategy. I’m a firm believer in the importance of Purpose, and how it can drive increased impact and results. Focus on Purpose has been growing in momentum in recent years, especially in the context of the pandemic. Arguably it’s now becoming mainstream. […]
Culture Evolution in the Workplace: A Silver Lining to the Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic was the most significant event to impact UK organisations in over 100 years. During the first few months of the pandemic, Pecan Partnership conducted research with leaders across almost every sector, from SMEs to blue chips. Those leaders shared their insights through surveys and interviews, to help Pecan explore and get under […]
Press Release: Pecan Partnership and Hedgehog Strategy launch their ‘People Powered Purpose’ service to help organisations deliver purpose with clarity, ease and impact
UK-based consultancies Pecan Partnership and Hedgehog Strategy launched a new service today (11 October 2022) aimed at organisations who are serious about having purpose sit at their heart – moving it from the periphery to its strategic core. The ‘People Powered Purpose’ service is designed to remove the complexities and confusion workplaces experience when […]
A ‘double whammy’? Hybrid working and the potential culture impacts of the cost of living crisis
The cost of living crisis in the UK is starting to bite: inflation is sitting around 10%, and energy bills are rising sharply. For most people, these additional costs have outweighed any recent or expected pay increase. And although the crisis hits the lowest paid hardest, many middle-income earners are also finding it harder […]
What are your organisation’s ‘signature’ ways of working?
What do beef wellington, lemon tart and snail porridge have in common? Aside from being an unusual meal combination, they’re the signature dishes of some of the UK’s most famous chefs*. Signature dishes identify an individual chef or restaurant. They’re not just well executed – they’re also unique in some way. Sure, you can get […]
Pecan news – Summer 2022
Welcome to our summer newsletter, bringing you news and insights into some of our most recent client work and the latest trends in culture, change and performance. Before we jump into that, we thought we’d share some internal analysis about our work so far this year. Our most popular service remains Culture Change that Sticks, […]