Golfing (badly) with my chum on Sunday evening, I asked what the week ahead at work held for her. She works for a charity that looks after children with severe autism, their parents, and carers, providing them with vital respite, amongst other things. They, like all charities, have had a terrible year through the pandemic…
Events can move quickly. Within hours of writing this Blog the scene changed and is now very different. Please see my addendum notes for my reaction to these turbulent sporting events. First of all, a statement of interest – I love Football and I have been a passionate fan of Manchester United for more decades…
I was in conversation with a distant family member on Facebook, quite distant to be honest, as, I suspect, you will see. Now I have had my COVID vaccine, Astra Zeneca vintage. Little bit off colour for a couple of days after but delighted to be potentially safe from harm and indeed safe from harming…
When we ask our clients about the negotiating challenges, we get an array of answers ranging from – ‘we want to establish a common approach to our negotiations, we want our people to feel more confident and in control of their negotiations, we need to improve our margins, we give too much away’. When we…
While this could be a tale about lawyers, it’s not. But there we were, reviewing the buyer’s lawyers’ rebuttal to the changes we’d made to their 50-plus page contract, asking ourselves if this deal was even worth it anymore. We had negotiated the scope of work with the sponsor, which was all about results. Then…
I hate it when people tell me that I can’t do something. I’m not talking about things like “you can’t drive over the speed limit” or “don’t wear white after Labor Day.” No, I’m talking about the limits someone tries to put on me due to their underestimation of my abilities. I hate hearing it…
