by Guy | Jan 5, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, Leadership, Strategy, Success, Technology
CEOs of the most successful companies watch trends carefully, knowing that these can lead to significant shifts in their industry and business. This gives them the ability to plan and respond strategically to these shifts, rather than having to try to play catch-up....
by Guy | Nov 10, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Customers, Economy, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Strategy, Success, Uncategorized
We all know things are different and, for many, tough with all the changes we’re seeing in the world. Business (and political) leadership is under increasing scrutiny and this trend will continue. Add to this “The Great Resignation” and likely skills shortages in many...
by Guy | Oct 20, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, Leadership, Oil, Pandemic, COVID, Profitability, Recession, Strategy, Success, Upturn
I don’t know if you’ve seen this great MindBullet entitled “China’s Perfect Storm” which was “written from 30 years in the future”. For those of you unfamiliar with it, MindBullets sends out a weekly ‘bullet’ written ‘from the future,’ and looking back to things...
by Guy | Oct 13, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Strategy, Success, Upturn
VUCA – Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. You’d think it was an acronym designed specifically for these very different times in which we currently live. In fact, though, it was coined in the late 80s by the US Army War College to describe the rapidly...
by Guy | Sep 15, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, Growth, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Profitability, Strategy, Upturn
No less than 61% of South African SMMEs surveyed by Mastercard* in Q2 this year are actively planning for growth. This despite a massive 84% saying their revenue has been negatively affected by the pandemic, with the survey showing that 79% are looking at earnings...
by Guy | Aug 26, 2021 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Recession, Strategy, Upturn
I’ve been writing recently about the need to strategise and plan for a post-pandemic successful future in your business – something your board should be actively pursuing. Stifel, the US-based investment banking and services company, recently undertook some research...
