by Guy | Jul 7, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Excellence, Leadership, Non-Executive Directors, Profitability, Success, Valuation
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 practices, and following these, while avoiding the CEO...
by Guy | Jun 2, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Productivity, Success, Valuation
Do you ever feel overwhelmed leading your business and yet see people on your team without enough to keep them busy? If so, it’s a sure warning sign that you’re not delegating properly. In fact, most business leaders don’t like delegation – arguably the main thing...
by Guy | May 31, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Leadership, Productivity, Success
I’ve written before about the importance of delegating and accountability, but Andrew Carnegie really sums it up with his quote about the need to not try to do it all, nor take all the credit. Carnegie came from poverty in Scotland, moved to America as a young boy...
by Guy | May 26, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, Excellence, Leadership, Risk, Strategy, Success
Business Strategy: the plans and actions you have identified that will enable you to achieve your business goals and objectives. Typically, you will have these at a company-wide level and then broken down further for each department / product / set and / or market in...
by Guy | May 4, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, Excellence, Productivity
MBWA, introduced by HP in the 70s and popularised by management guru Tom Peters in the 80s has successfully taken generations of managers out from behind their desks to become more involved and better leaders. Is it now time to take this concept broader and to the...
by Guy | May 3, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Success
A remarkable man, Benjamin Franklin, and a true polymath. Although most widely known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he was so much more than this: scientist, inventor, businessman, newspaper editor, and more, despite his formal schooling...
