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James Talbot : Business Coach

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For CEO's of successful SMEs who want to scale and sell their business

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Building A Culture

11 August 20154 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBizCulture, management, Model, Motivation, Reputation

Last month I had the privilege to learn about the culture of Chick-fil-A, the American chicken fast food chain, and how it has built into a $6 billion company in 1900 locations. We heard from senior management, supply chain experts and Read More

Social Media – Five questions to ask the board.

17 June 2015 JTLeave a commentStrategyBoard, NED, Not for Profit, Social Media

Over 50% of the UK’s largest companies have not discussed social media at board level over the last year despite this area becoming a more and more important tool for business I learnt whilst waiting at Grant Thornton from their Read More

What is your Strategy?

11 June 20154 January 2018 JTLeave a commentStrategyJT Thought, management, NED, skills

SMEs more often than not will only put together a strategy document when the bank asks for a business plan. Big companies are more likely to have a process for the top team but it seldom trickles down effectively to Read More

Oldest & Youngest US CEOs

9 June 2015 JTLeave a commentBizCEO, management, Reputation

Who’s the oldest and youngest CEO in the S&P 500? A little trivia for a Tuesday morning. Well, here is the answer from an article in Here is the City News Two oldest S&P 500 CEOs 84 Warren Buffett – Read More

30 Largest Trading Losses

28 May 2015 JTLeave a commentFinancial ServicesInvBanks, lists, Trading

Some $56 billion and it does not include Madoff as he ran a Ponzi scheme. Some date back to the early 1990s so goodness knows what the inflation adjusted figure is! Here is the link to the Here is the Read More

Back to Blogging!

22 May 2015 JTLeave a commentBizGood News

It has been sometime since I have been regularly writing and now I intend to put this right. My focus is going to include more business articles and to that effect I have set up a couple more categories to Read More

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