by Guy | Jun 16, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Work Life Balance
In 2017 Harvard Business Review surveyed some 14500 workers across many American industries and found that just 15% said they were working at their full potential (as many as 16% said they were working at under 50% of it)! What’s more, as this HBR article shows, no...
by Guy | Jun 10, 2021 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, HR & Personnel, Leadership, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors
There is a commonly-held belief that only directors of large (listed) companies are liable under the Companies Act, and that directors of smaller companies are therefore not at risk. This is simply not true! Directors (in the broad sense – see below), of companies of...
by Guy | Jun 9, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity
It seems to be human nature to look at our areas of weakness and then focus attention on trying to eliminate these as far as possible. But is this really an effective use of our time and energy? Marcus Buckingham, best-selling business author and speaker, says that...
by Guy | Jun 3, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity
Following on from my posts in the previous two weeks on the Biggest Fears and the Temptations of CEOs, this week I want to address leadership development issues. CEOs often get so caught up in the “busyness” of their business that they forget to take care of these...
by Guy | May 20, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Economy, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Recession, Working From Home
CEOs, like anyone else, have fears, and because of the importance of their role these fears can have a profound impact on the organisation and the people in it. This makes it vital they understand and acknowledge their fears so they can work on them. Imposter Syndrome...
by Guy | May 12, 2021 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Pandemic, COVID, Productivity, Technology, Work Life Balance, Working From Home
Reading Seth Godin’s blog post this morning really got me thinking: in this “new normal” are we paying for productivity or wasted time? Since the Industrial Revolution, people have been generally paid for a job – doing something in a central place for a number of...
