by Margaret E Ward | Jun 26, 2026 | Company Culture, Leadership & Management
“Be nice to people on your way up the ladder because one day you’ll pass them on the way back down.” This timeless pearl of wisdom was delivered to me by my father when I was starting a short-lived career in investment banking in my early 20s. Dad had moved to New...
by Margaret E Ward | Jun 12, 2026 | Company Culture, Leadership & Management
The Irish are known internationally for the gift of the gab, and we have many colourful expressions for saying someone is too chatty. “He could talk for Ireland.” “She could talk the hind legs off a donkey.” “They’d live in your ear and rent the other one out for...
by Margaret E Ward | Mar 13, 2026 | Company Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Management
When you have a concern at work, do you raise it immediately, think it through carefully before mentioning it or just stay quiet? Is it safer to turn a blind eye to colleagues’ problematic behaviours and poor decision-making? Have you concealed your own mistakes...
by Margaret E Ward | Feb 27, 2026 | Company Culture, Diversity & Inclusion
The craic, the banter, the scéal. Ireland is known for its céad míle fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes, and hospitality is ingrained in our folklore, tradition and culture. Tourists marvel at our conversational prowess when they hear us in the pub, on the road and...
by Margaret E Ward | Oct 30, 2025 | Company Culture, Leadership & Management
What would a chief executive do when confronted with boxes of brightly-coloured plastic bricks, clay, markers, paper and Post-Its? How might their team respond to the question: “Want to play?” It is not a phrase you hear in most boardrooms or workplaces today, but...
by Margaret E Ward | Oct 10, 2025 | Company Culture, Leadership & Management
Culture isn’t a branding exercise; it’s about fixing what’s broken. For a strategy to work, leaders need to focus on the structures and behaviours that need to change. When senior managers treat company culture as a communications exercise, the chances of long-term...
