Open dialogue & empathy Everyone’s experience of maternity leave is different. How people feel about returning to work and the support that they may need differs as well, so it is crucial to create an open dialogue and regular check-ins for those first few months back. Don’t try and give people all the answers…

Stronger Stories was co-founded by Guy and Will — ex-colleagues from the PR industry who’d done their time making big bucks for some of the biggest name brands in the world. …

Hi! I’m Chloe from Bristol. I’m a database consultant in the charity sector who enjoys any kind of water based activity (paddle boarding, surfing, swimming and skim-boarding) in my spare time. I’m a massive extrovert, so if you don’t find me in or on the water, I’ll likely be seeing…

A well documented path towards contentment, happiness or enlightenment is to move from trying to: Be the best ⬇️ Be the best I can be ⬇️ Be what I am. As is often said, “comparison is the thief of joy”, so how can we help this happen for ourselves and…

When looking for a possible agency partner, most customers focus on exploring how they will meet a specific brief. The reason for this is obvious and sensible — you need to work out if a group of people have the skills to deliver what you need. However, in reality, the…

It’s often thought that charities and public sector bodies are way behind commercial organisations in terms of their digital products and services. However the last couple of years of the pandemic have shown what a crucial, and successful role they play in all our lives. Here’s a celebration of some…

Agencies can be difficult places to work. The main reasons we see for this, are: You are constantly switching between different contexts There is a natural power imbalance between client and service 1. Context switching can lead to insecurity Switching between contexts means that you can often feel unprepared for the meeting you’re going in to. When…

Everyone focuses on capabilities, job titles and salary when trying to progress their careers. The single most important thing I’ve found in my career is actually building relationships with others. — As with all skills, those that are good at it make things look effortless. However in my experience people who have lots of connections tend to have taken a very proactive decision to build that network.

More diverse perspectives create better solutions Real collaboration is the ability to bring lots of different points of view together to create new ideas that none of those viewpoints would have made by themselves. This is all good in theory — but in practice is incredibly difficult to make happen. In reality, you have power differentials…