by Guy | Aug 10, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, Motivation, Profitability, Recession, Sales
We all wish things were easier, but if we stop to think about it, this is not the path to success, as so many common truisms tell us. In fact, things that are too easy are seldom appreciated, and the results are often well below expectations – “easy come, easy go”...
by Guy | Aug 5, 2021 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Profitability, Valuation
Many smaller businesses believe that well-structured company boards are for large organizations only, but in so doing overlook a cost-effective way to add expertise to their business, and so enhance its growth and value – the non-executive director (NED). While the...
by Guy | Jul 28, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Profitability
Following last week’s post about how “Defining Your Ideal Customer Boost Profits,” I now want to turn to another very important consideration: your ideal employee. Research shows that almost 75% of people have left a job because of a cultural mismatch. Given the costs...
by Guy | Jul 26, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Customers, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Profitability
Customers #Disruption #Excellence #Growth #Opportunity #Planning #ProblemSolving #Resilience #Success #Teams #Unstoppable #Winners #QOTWThis is really a continuation of the thinking around last week’s post, “Opportunity doesn’t make appointments” – you should not just...
by Guy | Jul 21, 2021 | Advertising, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Customer Experience, CX, Customer Service, Customers, Excellence, Growth, Lifetime Value, Marketing, Profitability, Sales, Strategy
Do you know who your ideal customer is? Who you would most like to have as customers for your business, and is your business set up to attract and retain them? Businesses often evolve from selling to an initial small base of customers to trying to serve a wider and...
by Guy | Jul 12, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Productivity
What great words from the late Jim Rohn, a great American entrepreneur, author and speaker, succinctly showing the value of continued self-education. While there’s no question of the value of education, there is equally no question that it needs to continue throughout...
