by Guy | May 18, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Pandemic, COVID, Productivity, Success, Working From Home
Research into the past two years of our radically-changed working environment is throwing up some interesting and often somewhat conflicting results. Productivity has improved in some areas but regressed in others, often counter-intuitively. Employee morale has...
by Guy | Mar 30, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Excellence, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Recession, Risk, Strategy, Success
McKinsey’s annual global board survey of some 1500 corporate directors showed only 7 percent of them believed their boards were “most effective” at risk management and only 40 percent say they are prepared for the next large crisis. If the largest businesses are not...
by Guy | Feb 22, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Customer Experience, CX, Customer Service, Customers, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Profitability, Success, Working From Home
How have you found customer service since the pandemic started around 2 years ago? In many areas, it has worsened considerably. My experience is that government departments and large companies are the biggest culprits here: it is commonplace to get an automatic email...
by Guy | Dec 27, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Motivation, Pandemic, COVID, Recession, Success, Upturn
Speaking with people recently has reinforced just how tough it has been for so many business owners and CEOs during the past two years of pandemic. We need, though, to look past this – to look ahead, not behind, and to find the opportunities these times present, and...
by Guy | Dec 20, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Growth, Motivation, Pandemic, COVID, Strategy, Success
As we look ahead to 2022 after an unpredictable couple of years, what are your plans for the business. Do you see growth, or do you believe this is impossible in the current economy? As Audrey Hepburn said, though, better to read the word as “I’m possible.”? This...
by Guy | Dec 13, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Pandemic, COVID, Profitability, Success
Lee Iacocca, who led both Ford and Chrysler during his career, clearly understood business. As he said, although people, product and profits are the elements of business operations, you’ve got to have a good team for the other two to work properly. Too often, though,...