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...
by Guy | Apr 20, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Economy, Leadership, Productivity, Profitability, Recession, Risk, Strategy
Inflation is going to have a significant effect on business and individuals for the next few years. As we started to exit the pandemic and business started to get going again, energy prices started to rise quite sharply – two years of depressed demand had led to...
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 | Mar 7, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Recession, Strategy, Success
I’ve talked a good bit about strategy, the need to keep it alive to react to changes in markets and competitors. The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, pointed out 2500 years ago that change is always with us and, of course, the biggest current change that we need to...
by Guy | Feb 14, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Growth, Recession, Success, Upturn
In the proverbial “stormy seas” of these times, what with energy concerns and price increases, staff problems, chip shortages, shipping issues, looming inflation and many others, there are certainly plenty of waves. But, as we know (and as King Cnut found out 1000...
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...
