Blog posts - Page 9 of 27

LeaderX made no 1

March 31, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Who releases a new book during the first week of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic? That would be me, Lucy Barkas, author of LeaderX. All promotional engagements got cancelled and the launch party

#IWD2020 and everyday sexism

March 8, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Anyone who knows me, they know that equality is a fundamental value of mine. That means equality for all. My fundamental belief has always been that everyone can achieve their full potential if only they

How leaders can break or make a human

February 27, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

With great power comes great responsibilityDuring a recent workshop I became quite passionate. A few comments were made in a less than favourable way about staff. I'm sure it was showboating, putting

Are Millennials under-achievers?

February 17, 2020
/ generations leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Millennials often get a bashing for being narcissistic, snowflakes who expect success and opportunities to be handed to them. Wow, how harsh and judgemental is that. Now they aren’t saying about themselves,

Why X-Gen Values Freedom and what it means to their leadership approach

February 7, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Anyone brought up in the 80's and 90's couldn't escape the influence of Freedom. It has been the backdrop of their growing up and now, as they step into leadership positions, drives the way they choose

Reframing failure

January 31, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

I remember the first time someone asked me, ‘what have you failed at this week?” I was shocked and didn’t know what to say. So I replied, “nothing”, and he replied, “well

How successful leaders create a fun culture and why it matters

January 22, 2020
/ leadership teamwork values
/ By lucy barkas

Work is hard. Hard work leads to success. Slave to work. It's a dog eat dog world. These attitudes don't make me want to jump out of bed and skip to work each day. Thankfully attitudes are changing

Podcast with Lucy Barkas

January 10, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

Lucy had the privilege to chat to Nick Davies of Reputation Ace. Listen now to see what she is up to and how she likes to work. https://www.buzzsprout.com/786287/2446022-the-worcester-business-podcast-lucy-barkas

Announcing Lucy Barkas to be Keynote speaker

January 10, 2020
/ leadership
/ By lucy barkas

It with great excitement that we announce that Lucy has been asked to speak at the next Women in Tech forum in Nottingham on 29th January 2020. Numbers of Women in technology is still trailing behind men