by Guy | Apr 14, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Lifestyle, Motivation, Pandemic, COVID, Productivity, Technology, Working From Home
One thing has become clear during the past year of lockdowns and other measures associated with the pandemic: Working From Home (WFH), or, as it is increasingly becoming known, Working From Anywhere (WFA) is going to be very much a feature of the “New Normal” business...
by Guy | Apr 8, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Strategy
Wharton professor Adam Grant, in his new book, Think Again, has been looking at how we utilise various styles of thinking and which are best for different situations, concluding that one particularly powerful one is not used nearly enough. Too often, it seems, we...
by Guy | Apr 1, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Leadership, Motivation
Many popular sayings talk about how passion for your work means you will succeed, and it won’t feel like you’re working, but this is far too simplistic. Passion alone can never sustain you in business – you need to have a rich skill set, too: an edge that puts you...
by Guy | Mar 29, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Economy, Leadership, Motivation, Recession, Strategy, Upturn
In this time of constant, swift change, exacerbated by uncertainty over government actions, there is a temptation to sit and wait for things to get better. After all, we don’t really know what impact the next diktat will have or when it will be imposed, and we’re...
by Guy | Mar 25, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation
An interesting article in Inc. magazine was looking at leadership in the context of a 2019 study at the University of London which identified factors contributing to leadership performance and employee job satisfaction (employees generally leave their managers rather...
by Guy | Mar 23, 2021 | BusinessFitness, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Strategy
Essentially, what Emerson is saying is don’t just follow the crowd. After all, if our business offering is essentially the same as that of all our competitors, all that’s left to compete on is price, and price is never a sustainable advantage. Finding a USP with the...
