by Guy | Jun 30, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Leadership, Profitability, Success, Work Life Balance
We’ve all had it – those times when ‘Life’ gets in the way of running your business. Yet, paradoxically, it’s often in these times when your business seems to need you the most. So, how to you ensure you can focus on things outside the business and keep the company...
by Guy | Jun 28, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Leadership, Profitability, Risk, Sales, Success, Valuation
A great comment by the legendary Jack Welch. I think few business owners would disagree with the measures of customer and employee satisfaction, but many might question seeing cash flow, as opposed to profit, as the third measure. But a profitable company can still be...
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 | May 12, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, HR & Personnel, Motivation, Productivity, Profitability, Success, Work Life Balance
In my last post, I was looking at the concept of a 4-day week and some statistics on how American workers, particularly the younger ones, feel about this: in a nutshell, overwhelmingly positive about the concept. A New Zealand-based entrepreneur, Andrew Barnes, came...
by Guy | Apr 28, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Profitability, Success
It seems that most countries are learning to live with COVID, with hospitalisation rates from the virus trending down. And while there is a move back to offices following the end of lockdown restrictions around the world and business volumes continuing to pick up, a...
by Guy | Apr 21, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Disruption, Economy, Leadership, Lifetime Value, Profitability, Recession, Risk, Strategy, Success
In my previous post, I touched on why a little inflation is desirable, but high inflation almost inevitably leads to a recession, and presents a number of challenges and risks to business, including: Rising input / running and borrowing costs Declining customer demand...