“The heartbeat of Coudal Partners is its influential blog, which has generated its own community of like-minded followers and pumped energy into side projects that support the firm. Has playing around ever been this lucrative?”

“Distributing work is never easy. Taking on a new job generally finds few takers, especially if the task is demanding and the time available is short. Not surprisingly, we often run into problems while allocating work. Ranging from a simple goof-up by a colleague to ultimately having to do things yourself in order to get it done correctly and on time, we have all experienced the perils of delegation… As usual, this can be analysed down to a simple list of easily avoidable mistakes.”