by Angela Gerard | Jun 6, 2023 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Growth, Marketing, Sales, Social Networking, Strategy
Initiating a business venture may seem simple but nurturing growth and distinguishing it from other companies are entirely distinct challenges, so an alternative manner of thinking and specialized skills are needed. Balancing profitability with sustaining momentum and...
by Guy | Apr 26, 2023 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Growth, Investing, Leadership, Profitability, Risk, Success, Valuation
I saw reference this week to a report which estimated the amount of private equity “dry powder” at a massive $1.96 trillion as at the end of last year (2022). These are funds committed by investors but not yet spent – in other words, for businesses that are in good...
by Guy | Apr 13, 2023 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Valuation
A business with a high-performance workforce that wants to stay with the company and be part of its success… Sounds like a dream? It’s actually very possible. Worryingly, 43% of some 36 000 employees interviewed by the HR specialist firm O.C. Tanner believe employee...
by Guy | Apr 6, 2023 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Character Traits, Culture, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Profitability, Strategy, Valuation
Many companies, especially smaller ones, are neglecting an extremely valuable resource – the board – believing, quite wrongly, that the board of directors and board meetings are simply about statutory compliance and are costly in terms of time and money. Nothing is...
by Guy | Mar 9, 2023 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Success, Valuation
Fear is a powerful emotion: strong enough that people’s fears can kill a business. But a fearless business – one where people feel confident enough to always give of their best – is unstoppable. As Amy Edmondson says in her book, ‘The Fearless Organization,’ we now...
by Guy | Mar 2, 2023 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Risk, Strategy, Success
It’s hard to read any newspaper or newsletter today without at least one article on Artificial Intelligence (AI), such has been the hype this year – many suggesting a wholesale move to AI is not only imminent, but necessary… So, what is this hype all about, and is...