Our thoughts

Appreciative Inquiry is one of a whole range of ideas and concepts based around the importance of using positive psychology and strengths-based approaches to support organisational and individual change. The basic principle behind Appreciative Inquiry is to actively put our…

Reputable employers want to support their employees and understand that equality is a human right. Many also recognise the economic benefits of inclusion: many research studies make the link to innovation, performance and job commitment. And of course, all employers…

Psychological safety is a key foundation for a productive, positive organisational or team culture. A strong statement, I know and, for me, it has come from being in the privileged position of working with teams in the health and care…

What makes us feel safe in uncertain times… and how might our Insights colour preferences influence this? ‘We all know that times are strange; Coronavirus is changing everything that is familiar to us’ – Insights Thought Leadership March 2020 Our…

As many of you will be aware, we now partner with Moonstone Associates to offer a “Leading with Safe Uncertainty” development programme. We are passionate about challenging the ‘need’ for certainty, believing that this can limit creativity and innovation. Instead,…

I love my job! As a Management Consultant using Insights I am exposed to different companies, sectors and people all the time. One minute I am in Devon working with the University of Exeter and the next I’m in London…

At Agar we are often asked for help from our clients at times of change; this is usually when people and teams are feeling at their most vulnerable at the same time as looking to create effective relationships between new…

One of our services at Agar is to support clients to ‘perform under pressure’; we help them to think about how they can reduce the pressure that they are under at work, while also increasing their ability to cope with…

I’ve previously written about both culture and perks . . . and this time I am going to combine the two! We love Geoff Colvin’s description of great places to work as being ‘personal not perkonal’ but we think the…

I am extremely proud to be writing the first blog as Class HR working in partnership with Agar Management Consultancy Ltd (Agar). We have spent the last few months planning and building the Class HR brand and now we are…

At Agar, we really like the work of Andy Cope and often use it in our training. Andy’s philosophy of people being their ‘brilliant best’ very much links with our aim of creating a culture that enables everyone to…

At Agar, we believe that the success of any business comes down to people and relationships and we’re not alone in that thought! In an article in April 2015 about creating the perfect workplace, Geoff Colvin talks about the emphasis…