Carolyn Cresswell

Carolyn Cresswell and Fiona Allen are Co-Founders of The Hustle House, a people development consultancy with a mission to change the way organisations think about their people, putting them at the heart of the business agenda. Their core expertise focuses on leadership, management and team development and combines their experience from both the talent and client side of business across financial services, fintech and retail sectors. With a fresh, down-to-earth style and emphasis on practical application, they aim to make a tangible difference in helping their clients create places people love to work.  Carolyn is an avid singer and member of the City of London Choir, while Fiona can often be found clocking up the kilometres running.

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‘If you build it, they will come’ (and stay)

We’re ending our leadership series by taking inspiration from the 1989 film ‘Field of Dreams’ and focusing on your role as a leader in creating a place where people love to work. If you’ve got a vision for what you want your business to look and feel like, you play a significant part in helping to create the environment so that people can deliver that vision and more.

This article is part 1 of 7 in the series Here's looking at your leadership
May the Leadership Force be with you

Apparently Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn’t actually say the famous line himself until Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones which we all know is the weakest of the series, however plenty of star characters encourage Luke to ‘use the Force’ throughout his journey to Jedi.

This article is part 2 of 7 in the series Here's looking at your leadership
Mama said leadership is like a box of chocolates…

….you never know what you’re going to get. Although Forest Gump didn’t technically say that, there is some truth in it: no two leaders are ever the same. Think about the people you’ve been led by in the past –  maybe they were a crunchy-coated, brittle leader, they might have been soft and gooey, or chances are you’ve probably had a few nutty ones as well. You never know what you’re going to get.

This article is part 3 of 7 in the series Here's looking at your leadership
To Lead… and Beyond!

Buzz Lightyear might not be the obvious choice of great leaders but we’re taking inspiration from his famous catchphrase in this article to encourage you to think big and define the vision for your organisation or team.

This article is part 4 of 7 in the series Here's looking at your leadership
You had me at leadership

Perhaps you know it: the iconic scene from Jerry Maguire where Dorothy (Renee Zellweger) stares longingly at Jerry (Tom Cruise) as he declares his undying love for her, announcing that she completes him, hoping it will win her over but he needn’t have, he had her at ‘hello’. She was gripped from the moment he walked in, she wasn’t listening to his fumbled speech, she was mesmerised, and one thing is for sure, she certainly wasn’t thinking about leadership. Nope. That was far from her mind.

This article is part 5 of 7 in the series Here's looking at your leadership
Nobody puts leadership in the corner

OK, we admit it. We’re nuts about leadership. We could talk about it till the cows come home and then we’d settle them in for the night and tell them a bedtime story about it.

This article is part 6 of 7 in the series Here's looking at your leadership
Meet The Hustle House

Like many good things in life, The Hustle House started out over a couple of G&T’s. Free ones at that. Maybe it was because Fiona had her laptop out in a restaurant on a Friday night, or maybe it was because the waiter felt bad for seating them late. Whatever the reason, the free G&T’s set the tone for a discussion on possibilities, on the notion of leaving behind the comfort blanket of corporate life and taking the plunge into the start-up world.

This article is part 7 of 7 in the series Here's looking at your leadership

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