by Guy | Jan 5, 2023 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Pandemic, COVID, Work Life Balance, Working From Home
The world has been changing dramatically over the past few years, and with it, the demands on the CEO. What CEOs need to succeed in today’s changing world goes much further than just setting the vision and strategy of the business, having the best team in place and...
by Guy | Nov 22, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Risk, Strategy, Success
Perfect [adj] – having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be. Isn’t this what we want from businesses and leaders we deal with? I would argue not – that what we want is a level of imperfection....
by Guy | Nov 15, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, Economy, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Recession, Strategy, Success
We’re approaching the new year at a time of almost unparalleled uncertainty and yet in our business planning process we’re supposed to be certain, to plan effectively. But, as renowned businessman, educator and author, Stephen Covey said, “If there’s one thing that’s...
by Guy | Nov 9, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Strategy, Success
A company really is only as good as the people in it, as Mary Kay Ash, who founded and ran the hugely successful Mary Kay Cosmetics business knew well, gaining numerous personal and business awards, and being included in the “The 100 best companies to work for...
by Guy | Oct 26, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Economy, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Profitability, Recession
As companies look to the new year, and budgeting, the issue of compensation packages is sure to be high on the discussion list. Companies are facing some particularly difficult times in this area: Pushing up costs: High inflation levels pushing up demands for...
by Guy | Oct 21, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, Disruption, Economy, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Strategy, Success
We live in a VUCA world, and yet there are companies that, despite the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, there are companies that continue to thrive – that go from good to great. Jim Collins is one of the top business and management thinkers of our...