Maximizing Your Business Value: A Guide for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

Maximizing Your Business Value: A Guide for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

by | 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...
From Good to Great: How Employee Recognition Can Transform Company Culture

From Good to Great: How Employee Recognition Can Transform Company Culture

by | 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...
Building a High-Performing Board of Directors: Key Qualities to Look for in Board Members

Building a High-Performing Board of Directors: Key Qualities to Look for in Board Members

by | 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...