by Guy | Nov 22, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Risk, Strategy, Success
Perfect [adj] – having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be. Isn’t this what we want from businesses and leaders we deal with? I would argue not – that what we want is a level of imperfection....
by Guy | Nov 9, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Strategy, Success
A company really is only as good as the people in it, as Mary Kay Ash, who founded and ran the hugely successful Mary Kay Cosmetics business knew well, gaining numerous personal and business awards, and being included in the “The 100 best companies to work for...
by Guy | Nov 2, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Profitability, Risk, Strategy, Valuation
Speaking last week with a couple of business owners, it became clear that in both these cases they were missing a great resource that could really work with them to be more profitable, and have faster and more sustainable growth, while reducing their stress levels,...
by Guy | Oct 21, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, Disruption, Economy, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Strategy, Success
We live in a VUCA world, and yet there are companies that, despite the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, there are companies that continue to thrive – that go from good to great. Jim Collins is one of the top business and management thinkers of our...
by Guy | Sep 28, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Profitability
Successful businesses today are those with an excellent culture where everyone feels engaged, included and valued – part of a team striving for success and a common vision. I was listening to an episode of Philip Stutts’ “The Undefeated Marketing” podcast recently...
by Guy | Sep 15, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Motivation, Productivity, Work Life Balance
Meetings… How often do you feel you’re in a meeting that’s wasting your time, and that of those around you? How much more could you get done without them? Do you wish there were days that were completely meeting-free so you can focus? Research from 2019 put a cost to...
