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Discover why trust is not something that we can dismiss as 'a fluffy HR issue.' It is a hard-edged growth strategy. In this article, Barry McNeill explores how the constant barrage on our trust - from fake news to institutional scandals - is damaging our brains' ability to see the positive in our workplaces. The challenge for founders and leaders is that the escalation in the volume and scope of things that undermine trust more widely means we have to work much harder to intentionally earn and build trust in our businesses. Here, we examine how nurturing a culture of psychological safety can drive innovation, accountability, retention, and speed.

Scaling your business is not about you doing everything yourself. You need to create a learning organisation. But one of the biggest obstacles we frequently encounter is this: "We don't have time to learn." However, to ensure your team takes ownership of key decisions, we need to continually nurture the team's capacity to learn and adapt to a changing environment. Not only does it help you to scale your business, but it supports your people in building new skills and developing their careers. Check out this article for ideas on how to embed small, micro-habits into your day-to-day work and foster a learning culture in your team.

Work Extraordinary has been recognised with the E2 Media Award of Excellence for Leadership, Organisation Design and Development for ScaleUp Businesses 2025. Having our work acknowledged in this way is a huge honour, but more than that, it is a celebration of the brilliant businesses, their founders, and teams, that put their faith in us to support them in their growth journey. It is your commitment to growing amazing people-centric organisations that inspire us to keep going and deliver more of this work. As ever, we look forward to continuing to support you as you scale with confidence, clarity, and impact.

For the second year running, the entire team at Work Extraordinary are thrilled to be named ScaleUp Development Consultancy of the Year 2025 by the SME News Greater London Enterprise Awards. Once more, we dedicate this award to the bold founders and their amazing teams that we get to work with each and every day. Thank you for trusting us as your partner on the journey. Your commitment to growing great people-centric organisations continues to inspire us daily, and we look forward to helping you continue to scale with confidence, clarity, and impact.

Work Extraordinary is honoured to be named Best ScaleUp Development Consultancy 2024 at the SME News Greater London Enterprise Awards. This recognition is really about the bold founders and brilliant teams we work with every day; the leaders and their people who are navigating the scaleup phase with courage to build organisations where people and performance thrive together. Thank you for trusting us as your partner on the journey. Your commitment to growth inspires us daily, and we look forward to helping you continue to scale with confidence, clarity, and impact.

In an increasingly fragmented and distracted world, this article looks at the criticality of being able to be present and in the moment for the founders of scaleup organisations and their teams. Follow these practical steps to build more useful work habits for yourself and role-model ways of working that will help your team to find better ways to focus and deliver results.

Scaling your business is tough. And can feel lonely. Founder coaching can help you tap into the confidence to begin to make significant shifts from founder to leader, unlocking your own leadership potential and unleashing the creative energy and potential of your team to take your scaleup business to the next level. Check out this article for further information about what you can expect from founder coaching.

Check out our latest article for five myths about leadership that will get in the way of your shift from founded to leader. Take action to avoid falling foul of these myths and letting them hold you back from enabling your scaleup business to thrive.

Scaling your business isn't just something that happens. We have to approach it with intention and focus. Having a plan can help to supercharge your focus and help to prioritise areas to put in place. Once you've got a plan in place, you can then iterate and adapt, as situations arise. But without any form of plan, we are rudderless. In this article, we explore the benefits of creating your Scaleup Acceleration Plan as a launchpad from which you can then build, iterate and grow.

Being our own boss is a huge attraction for so many. However, as we begin to scale and grow our business, some of those initial attractions can get lost. In this article we look at how we can rethink our approach to growing our business through creating our own targeted Scaleup Acceleration Plan.