by Guy | Jul 14, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Profitability, Success
Every professional sportsperson recognises the value of coaching if they’re to reach their peak performance, but this is still relatively rare among executives and other professional businesspeople. However, a number of studies have conclusively shown the massive...
by Guy | Jun 23, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Economy, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Lifestyle, Motivation, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Productivity, Profitability, Work Life Balance
Last week I wrote about how an Unretirement policy – enabling older workers who would previously have been expected to retire – can be a significant driver in overcoming the skills shortage. This clearly struck a chord with many people, judging by the number of ‘hits’...
by Guy | Jun 20, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Economy, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Lifestyle, Motivation, Productivity, Work Life Balance
Sometimes referred to as the father of American literature, Mark Twain really hit the nail on the head here – age is most certainly an issue of mind over matter! Speaking for myself, I feel very little different now to what I did 30 years ago (I need glasses now for...
by Guy | Jun 15, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Economy, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Productivity, Risk, Work Life Balance
There is no question that there’s a global skills shortage – not just among the developed countries, but the developing ones, too, like South Africa – with no less than 87% of companies either already experiencing this, or expecting to do so within the next few years,...
by Guy | Jun 9, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Lifestyle, Motivation, Productivity, Success, Work Life Balance
I was listening to an ‘Online Marketing Made Easy’ podcast the other morning, with Amy Portfield interviewing Ed Mylett talking about his new Book, ‘The Power of One More,’ when he spoke about his approach to time. As he said, with our technology today, which enables...
by Guy | Jun 7, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Work Life Balance
An interesting point from the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu, who lived some 2500 years ago. And in these comparatively rushed times, something to really think about – is it really a case of “I don’t have time”?. All the promises of technology...
