by Guy | Mar 16, 2023 | Banking, Board & Governance, Board of Directors, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Disruption, Investing, Leadership, Risk, Valuation
One of the dominant news items of the past week or so was the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse. It caused a level of panic around the world, understandable as it’s a high profile bank which was focused on providing finance to the tech and venture capital sectors, and the...
by Guy | Mar 9, 2023 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Disruption, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Motivation, Success, Valuation
Fear is a powerful emotion: strong enough that people’s fears can kill a business. But a fearless business – one where people feel confident enough to always give of their best – is unstoppable. As Amy Edmondson says in her book, ‘The Fearless Organization,’ we now...
by Guy | Nov 2, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Profitability, Risk, Strategy, Valuation
Speaking last week with a couple of business owners, it became clear that in both these cases they were missing a great resource that could really work with them to be more profitable, and have faster and more sustainable growth, while reducing their stress levels,...
by Guy | Oct 12, 2022 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Growth, Investing, Strategy, Success, Valuation
Last year, business spent a staggering $5.9 trillion dollars worldwide on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) according to Statista – well up from the $3.3 trillion annual average for the previous decade – and yet, as Harvard Business Review has found, 70%, or...
by Guy | Aug 8, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, NEDs, Non-Executive Directors, Profitability, Success, Valuation
As a business grows, so do the complexities of leadership and the essential skills requirements of the top team – a team comprising both the executive leadership (C-Suite) and the board. Too often, the founders continue as they started – trying to do it all themselves...
by Guy | Jul 7, 2022 | Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Excellence, Leadership, Non-Executive Directors, Profitability, Success, Valuation
Being a CEO can be tough – as the old adage goes, “It’s lonely at the top.” Yet some CEOs lead really successful businesses and do so wherever they are. How do they achieve this? Simply, by learning about best practices, and following these, while avoiding the CEO...
