by Guy | May 10, 2023 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Investing, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Valuation
It happened again last week! A friend of a friend was ousted from her position as CEO of a company she jointly owned, going from CEO to out of work in a day… A complete shock to her as there was no indication this was even under consideration. And it’s not the first...
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 16, 2023 | Banking, Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Investing, Leadership, Risk, Valuation
One of the dominant news items of the past week or so was the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse. It caused a level of panic around the world, understandable as it’s a high profile bank which was focused on providing finance to the tech and venture capital sectors, and the...
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...
by Guy | Feb 2, 2023 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, Economy, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Pandemic, COVID, Profitability, Recession, Strategy
Change happens! We might think that constant change is new, but as Niccolo Machiavelli said, more than 500 years ago, “Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.” Is “The Great Layoff” replacing resignations in the jobs market today...
by Guy | Dec 15, 2022 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Non-Executive Directors, Productivity, Profitability, Success, Work Life Balance
We often use the terms running your business and leading your business interchangeably, but they’re actually very different. Typically, an entrepreneur will start out running the business as it grows from a 1-person operation, but if they’re still trying to run it...