by Guy | 18 Dec, 2025 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Customers, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Risk, Strategy, Success, Technology, Valuation
What five decades in business taught me about judgement, resilience, and momentum From Buttons to Boardrooms: Setting the Scene Picture this: 1972, a dimly lit computer room in, then, Salisbury, Rhodesia. I’m a 17-year-old trainee operator, feeding punch...
by Guy | 8 May, 2025 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Growth, Investing, Leadership, Profitability, Strategy, Success, Valuation
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” – James Cash Penney Introduction: The Siren Call of Scale Growth is exciting – even intoxicating sometimes. Every business leader dreams of scaling up, unlocking value, and stepping...
by Guy | 3 Jan, 2025 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Profitability, Strategy, Success, Valuation
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra In our VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world, planning for the future in your business is not just an exercise – it’s a necessity, as Yogi Berra suggests so well....
by Guy | 19 Dec, 2024 | Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Strategy, Success, Valuation
“The final test of greatness in a CEO is how well he chooses a successor and whether he can step aside and let the successor run the company.” – Peter Drucker Introduction Have you ever wondered what would happen to your business if you suddenly weren’t there...
by Guy | 31 Oct, 2024 | Business - General, Business Debt, BusinessFitness, Growth, Investing, Profitability, Risk, Strategy, Valuation
“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” – Tim O’Reilly Introduction: The Drive to Grow and the Challenge of Funding It Growing your business can feel...
by Guy | 12 Sep, 2024 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customer Experience, CX, Customer Service, Customers, Growth, Lifetime Value, Marketing, Motivation, Strategy, Valuation
“Your brand is a story unfolding across all customer touch points.” – Jonah Sachs Picture this: Apple, a company with a $3 trillion valuation, has a brand worth over $1 trillion – that’s greater than the whole market cap of any company outside the top 8...
