by Guy Whitcroft | 24 Feb, 2021 | Board & Governance, BusinessFitness, Growth, Strategy
I was reading an article the other day about how companies that successfully IPO typically show much higher valuations when they have a history of a proper board. If you think about it, this is not surprising. After all, a board can add immense value to a company in a...
by Guy Whitcroft | 22 Feb, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Growth, Leadership, Strategy
This quote from Tony Robbins is so true – so often, we focus on the potential difficulties of what they will have to go through to reach their goals and, like the proverbial rabbit in the headlights, are stunned into inaction. Focus instead on how you’ll feel at the...
by Guy Whitcroft | 19 Feb, 2021 | Board & Governance, BusinessFitness, Leadership, Strategy
One of the things I’ve learnt in my 25+ years of board meetings is that effective company boards are those properly prepared for their meetings. Conversely, unprepared boards make for unproductive companies. As I’ve discussed before, a well-constructed board can add...
by Guy Whitcroft | 15 Feb, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Leadership
I guess we’ve all been guilty of this at some point – tacking the symptoms of a problem rather than the cause. Often this is because it’s quick and easy, and we feel we’re taking action, but it really isn’t the best approach because it doesn’t address the reason for...
by Guy Whitcroft | 11 Feb, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Leadership, Working From Home
Management By Wandering Around (MBWA), that HP innovation later popularised by Tom Peters, is under a new level of scrutiny today with our Working From Home environment. There are, of course, the detractors who believe it has always been too time-consuming, interrupts...
