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Erika Clegg
Sep 192 min read
Open secrets and skewed loyalties
Mohamed Al Fayed sold Harrods for £1.5bn almost 15 years ago. It has just emerged in a new BBC documentary that when he owned the...
Erika Clegg
Jul 161 min read
Lead, leader.
By Erika Clegg I’m going to say something contentious: I do not believe in recipient-led strategies. Many organisations' endeavours to do...
Erika Clegg
Jul 161 min read
We are all work in progress
Sometimes things change for us for the better. Sometimes the changes feel for the worse. Those are the times when we need someone at our...
Erika Clegg
Feb 22, 20232 min read
BrewDog's 80% brilliant values
What’s fascinating about BrewDog - who, as we all know, are lovable scamps 😏 - is that four of their five values entirely justify their...
Erika Clegg
Feb 2, 20232 min read
What's driving Mr Beast?
If you have teens and/or an enquiring mind, you'll have come across Mr Beast, the alter-ego of YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson. As well as his...
Erika Clegg
Feb 1, 20231 min read
Watch: What is ActiveEthos?
Erika was asked to explain what the term 'Active Ethos' means. Here's her response.
Erika Clegg
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Questions Answered: Where does the word ethos come from?
I started using the word ‘ethos’ regularly many years ago when introducing a new Values Set to my own business, with the goal of using...
Erika Clegg
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Questions Answered: What are Ethos and Values?
We wanted to take a few steps back and look at the starting point for Larkenby’s work. Many of our clients are at the very beginning of a...
Erika Clegg
Jan 11, 20231 min read
Chanel recruiting culture leaders
On the day that Glassdoor releases its annual list of best places to work, our eyes are peeled as ever for organisations that demonstrate...
Erika Clegg
Dec 15, 20222 min read
Can Active Ethos deliver psychological wellbeing at work?
One method for assessing psychological wellbeing is the Ryff Scale, developed by Prof. Dr. Carol Ryff in the 1970s. It predates Daniel...
Erika Clegg
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Back to the start...
If there is a single starting point for Larkenby, this scribble captures it. Having pondered my own values in a fairly haphazard way over...
Erika Clegg
Dec 6, 20221 min read
17 reasons to dig deep and unearth your true values
I found some doodlings I made a few years back about why people might want to take the time to delve deeper into their values. It seemed...
Erika Clegg
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Circus culture: what can we learn?
Erika has a fascination with circus and its unique, very special culture. Keen to dig beneath the glitter and thrills to find out more...
Erika Clegg
Nov 17, 20221 min read
isme|&|conversation 7 - Erika on vales, culture, and reverse parking
Larkenby founder Erika Clegg was interviewed by Ed Palmer from 212 Radio for isme|&|co's podcast series. The episode, which gives a...
Erika Clegg
Nov 7, 20222 min read
Three sure signs that your culture’s gone feral
Values are your opportunity to underpin a thriving culture that gets everyone working towards a common goal. So if your values aren’t...
Erika Clegg
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Timpson's Magic Dust
With everything in life, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. I love it when people are maverick and flourish. Most...
Erika Clegg
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Watch out for values-washing!
Larkenby's positioning statement is this: "Every company has values. Very few have an Active Ethos.". What is an Active Ethos? It's the...
Erika Clegg
Sep 30, 20221 min read
Learning from your heroes (and then finding your own voice)
This evening I was extraordinarily lucky to see one of the titans of Flamenco guitar, Juan Martin, play a comeback concert in a tiny...
Erika Clegg
Sep 18, 20221 min read
Patagonia's only shareholder: the earth
The transfer of all Patagonia shares to Trusts to protect the environment was all over the news in mid September and rightly so. Yvon...
Erika Clegg
Jun 10, 20221 min read
What the Queen says about leadership
In her Platinum Jubilee week, many of us reflected on the life of Queen Elizabeth. The values she takes from her faith provide, in her...
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