The BusinessFitness Blog
Thoughts on topics to help you make more of your business…
Should You Increase Pay to Help Your Business Thrive?
Following the pandemic people are re-evaluating their work life balance and the issue of pay scales is under increasing scrutiny. Should companies increase pay as so many people expect, or would this simply lead to...
Chips With Everything – How the Supply Chain Crisis Could Impact Your Business
The supply chain crisis around the world is significant, and it doesn’t feel like it’s going away. The impact of this on business is potentially enormous, and even more difficult in these times of high inflation, high...
Success Secrets of the World’s Best CEOs
Statistics show that some 40% of CEOs fail within their first three years – a high, and costly, failure rate. Understanding the success secrets of the world’s best CEOs will help your business, your own development,...
Coaching is Transforming Business Leadership – Why & How
Every professional sportsperson recognises the value of coaching if they’re to reach their peak performance, but this is still relatively rare among executives and other professional businesspeople. However, a number...
7 Biggest CEO Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Being a CEO can be tough – as the old adage goes, “It’s lonely at the top.” Yet some CEOs lead really successful businesses and do so wherever they are. How do they achieve this? Simply, by learning about best...
Life Happens – The Importance of Cash Flow in Keeping Your Business Running through Troubled Times
We’ve all had it – those times when ‘Life’ gets in the way of running your business. Yet, paradoxically, it’s often in these times when your business seems to need you the most. So, how to you ensure you can focus on...
“If I had to run a company on three measures, those measures would be customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and cash flow.” – Jack Welch
A great comment by the legendary Jack Welch. I think few business owners would disagree with the measures of customer and employee satisfaction, but many might question seeing cash flow, as opposed to profit, as the...
How an Unretirement Policy will Improve Your Business
Last week I wrote about how an Unretirement policy – enabling older workers who would previously have been expected to retire – can be a significant driver in overcoming the skills shortage. This clearly struck a chord...
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
Sometimes referred to as the father of American literature, Mark Twain really hit the nail on the head here – age is most certainly an issue of mind over matter! Speaking for myself, I feel very little different now to...
Unretirement – Overcoming the Skills Shortage with an Untapped Resource
There is no question that there’s a global skills shortage – not just among the developed countries, but the developing ones, too, like South Africa – with no less than 87% of companies either already experiencing...
“The only source of knowledge is experience.” – Albert Einstein
Are businesses not ignoring a great source of knowledge, skill and experience by mandating retirement based on an arbitrary age, generally between 60 and 65 for men, when longevity has increased so much? By the age of...
Looking at Time Differently To Boost Productivity
I was listening to an ‘Online Marketing Made Easy’ podcast the other morning, with Amy Portfield interviewing Ed Mylett talking about his new Book, ‘The Power of One More,’ when he spoke about his approach to time. As...