John Featherby
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How do we create the right physical environment for a Teylu?
A Teylu is not a regular meeting. It is a space to be yourself and connect with others. The environment where you choose to hold it should reflect this as well as the way people are welcomed into t...
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What time frame is the BIA done over?
To become a B Corp requires at least 12 months of operations. And all questions in the assessment are covered by three separate time frames. Last Fiscal Year These are quantitative questions. They ...
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Is B Corp enough to make us a purpose-led company?
If you were to draw a circle around a group of companies legitimately and authentically in pursuit of a new way of doing business, B Corps would be the obvious choice. The assessment is thorough, ...
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How do we calculate our B Corp support time assumptions?
Loosely speaking, there are five areas that affect how much time we are likely to need to allocate to companies going through the B Corp journey: A Note On Finding The Resourcing Sweet Spot Some...
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What is "management ideology"?
The “ideology of management” is a perspective. It is a worldview that underpins a particular approach to how organisations should be structured and operated. It’s not necessarily consciously “chose...
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How do we deal with slackers and underperformers without appraisals?
Spend a lot more time taking responsibility to operate from people’s strengths and a lot less time worrying about how to fix people’s weaknesses. Have supportively delivered, honest conversations? ...
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What is the recommended rhythm and structure of a Teylu?
It is flexible and up to you, but these are our recommendations. Size - 6 people (ish) A Teylu is ideally 4 to 6 people. Anything over 8 people and the number of relational connections starts to be...
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If you have multiple locations, how much of the business does B Lab expect to be covered by the answers?
There are questions in the assessment that have centralised intent - like recycling, eco purchasing etc - but, in reality, are often locally managed. This most frequently shows up in the case of bu...
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What is Shoremount's relationship with B Corp?
Shoremount Shoremount was one of the Founding UK B Corps in 2015. John Featherby - the Founder of Shoremount - was approached in 2013/14 and asked if he would be interested to become involved with ...
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What is "command-and-control" management?
"Command-and-control" is the phrase informally used to describe the status quo style of leadership that exists within modern organisations: it emerges from the predict-and-control worldview (see: "...