The 3am Question

The people problems keeping you awake at night, and how to fix them.

Nobody worries about HR at lunchtime. It arrives at 3am: the person who is not delivering, the restructure you keep postponing, the week that disappears into other people's problems. In this series I take one worry at a time and give you a straight answer in about ninety seconds.

Watch the introduction

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Start here

40 sec

Introducing the series about the people problems keeping business owners awake at night, and how to fix them.

The questions

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AI

1 min 27 sec

What should a business actually do about AI and its people? A calm look at adoption, policy and judgement.

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Underperformance

1 min 32 sec

The team member who is not delivering, the conversation being avoided, and how to handle it fairly.

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Time

2 min 6 sec

When people issues eat the working week, something structural is wrong. Here is where to look.

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Restructuring

1 min 48 sec

How to restructure properly: consultation, dignity and pace, without losing the people you need.

Awake at 3am with one of these?

Bring it to a direct conversation with Lydia. No gatekeepers, no obligation.