by Guy | Apr 8, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Strategy
Wharton professor Adam Grant, in his new book, Think Again, has been looking at how we utilise various styles of thinking and which are best for different situations, concluding that one particularly powerful one is not used nearly enough. Too often, it seems, we...
by Guy | Apr 6, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, Motivation, Strategy
There are, of course many versions of this proverb, but all have one thing in common – the underlying belief that we need a degree of adversity for success, which is why 90% of family fortunes in America are squandered by the end of the third generation: life is just...
by Guy | Apr 1, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Leadership, Motivation
Many popular sayings talk about how passion for your work means you will succeed, and it won’t feel like you’re working, but this is far too simplistic. Passion alone can never sustain you in business – you need to have a rich skill set, too: an edge that puts you...
by Guy | Mar 25, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation
An interesting article in Inc. magazine was looking at leadership in the context of a 2019 study at the University of London which identified factors contributing to leadership performance and employee job satisfaction (employees generally leave their managers rather...
by Guy Whitcroft | Dec 17, 2020 | BusinessFitness, Excellence, Leadership, Strategy
I read this great (short) article in Inc today on an interview with Elon Musk. The bottom line? He feels “The MBA-ization of America” has led to far too much time being spent in meetings and on financials, and far too little on what really matters – the products that...
by Guy Whitcroft | Nov 23, 2020 | BusinessFitness, Excellence, Leadership
Too often, people try to hide problems from their leaders. This is wrong… As a CEO, I’ve always encouraged people – staff, customers, suppliers – to tell me of the problem areas: if I don’t know about them I can’t help to resolve them. Hiding them generally just makes...
