Adopting a 4-Day Work Week for Your Business with Simon Ursell

This week we have an incredibly timely episode as I’m interviewing the MD of one of the organisations in the UK’s 4-day working week trial that has just published its initial findings.  Simon Ursell is the Managing Director and founder of Tyler Grange, an environmental consultancy and B-corp, which he has led for 13 years, growing the company to become a market leader from start-up to nearly 100 people in 6 offices across the UK.   Simon’s focus on emotional fitness and environmental impact is helping founders and companies thrive, not just survive. Having led a business to achieve growth throughtwo recessions, he fundamentally believes that change is always good.  He believes in challenging the norm, being willing to do things differently and taking risks. Having interviewed him for this episode, it strikes me that it’s this combination of traits and beliefs that lead to Tyler Grange’s 4-day work week trial being so outstandingly successful.  In this episode you’ll hear me reference an incredible, lessons learned document that Simon’s team shared with me ahead of the show. I really encourage you to click on the link in the show notes and grab that document right now. It’s absolute gold dust!  Resources mentioned in this episode:  Lesson learned | The 4-Day Work Week:https://mailchi.mp/ben-morton.com/on9tg5dpkh    Tyler Grange: https://tylergrange.co.uk     The FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme:https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-course  We want to hear from you!  Whether it’s a leadership question for Ben, some feedback on the show, or a guest suggestion, we’d love to hear from you. Whatever the reason for getting in touch, you can easily do it by clicking the link below that Ben will personally review.    https://www.ben-morton.com/feedback/ Mentioned in this episode:The FREE 10-4-10 CourseSign up today and sharpen your skills on, keeping your team motivated, effective delegation, planning and prioritization, handling Imposter Syndrome, and much more. It's my FREE online coaching course to help you become the leader that people want to follow.Click here for the 10-4-10 Coaching

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