Silicon Valley Bank – Did its Leadership Cause the Collapse? – Accountability in Corporate Failures

Silicon Valley Bank – Did its Leadership Cause the Collapse? – Accountability in Corporate Failures

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...
How a Board Enables Faster and More Sustainable Growth For Businesses of All Sizes – Small to Large

How a Board Enables Faster and More Sustainable Growth For Businesses of All Sizes – Small to Large

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,...
Essential Skills of a Top Team as Your Business Grows

Essential Skills of a Top Team as Your Business Grows

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...
7 Biggest CEO Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

7 Biggest CEO Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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...