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Business leaders are responding to unprecedented challenges, but too many are still navigating them alone. Scott Bolderson and Mark Peters, managing directors at Protiviti UK, explore how leaders can improve their thinking, and cultures, to change the companies they run.

Between March and October 2020, at the start of the pandemic, the number of UK adults with ‘characteristics of vulnerability’ increased by 3.7 million to 27.7 million people. In July 2021, the UK Finance COO Forum explored how financial firms have been responding to vulnerable customers and increased attention from regulators.

Innovation is easy to say, but harder to achieve. In the first article of Protiviti’s Building a Brighter Future series, which will help companies to look ahead, we unpack how they can bring ideas to life. Many people will be familiar with this situation: sitting in a company workshop, coming up with new ideas, and sticking notes on the wall. Hours spent searching for new ways of working, new products, or new…

Speaker: Matt Fitzpatrick Matt Fitzpatrick burst onto the world golf scene in the summer of 2013. Today, Matt is simply one of the hottest golfing properties in the world. He is the youngest Englishmen to win 5 European Tour events surpassing the great Nick Faldo and has already represented Europe in the Ryder Cup at the tender age of 21. During the pandemic, he wanted desperately to return to the winner’s circle…

Key headlines to feature on website Chief operating officers (COOs) are planning for colleagues to work at home and in offices, but they will spend time testing plans before committing to this approach over the long term. COOs want to retain flexibility, trust and a focus on wellbeing, but they are worried about the return of presenteeism. They are also concerned about undoing years of good work on culture,…

David Maddock from our Enterprise Cloud Services team explains how The Cloud Hive can help people in your organisation. At Protiviti, we use cloud technology, and so do our clients. In order to assist all our teams to fully understand and exploit cloud technologies we have created a space to share ideas, develop skills, and have conversations about the cloud. This space is known as The Cloud Hive. The Cloud Hive…

After publication of the UK regulators’ policy statements containing their final rules, chief operating officers should consider the following: Adapting the lessons learned from the pandemic, engaging third-party suppliers, and improving customer communication. Protiviti UK’s Country Market Leader Tom Lemon and Director Laura Moore explain. In April 2018, a major high street bank began transferring its customer…

Protiviti’s 2021 Global Finance Survey launches this month, and we are keen to hear from leaders across the UK about the issues that matter most to them A tsunami is sweeping across the commercial landscape. The past year has profoundly influenced people’s view of work and given companies time to assess their business models. Some have also doubled down on sustainability, health and wellbeing, and questioned more…

Protiviti’s 2021 Global Finance Survey launches this month, and we are keen to hear from leaders across the UK about the issues that matter most to them Sustainability is often referred to in business. Like ‘corporate social responsibility’ a decade ago, the word has been used with good intentions. But some companies have been criticised for ‘greenwashing’: making themselves sound better at protecting the…

The Future of Work, The Workforce and Workplaces What are the new ways of working in the company of the future? How are companies looking at balancing purpose and profit? What will define the future of the workforce and workplaces? How can companies meet the needs of the future workforce as future workers shape the purpose of the companies they work for? In this session, Peter Richardson, Matt Weston…