Biz – Page 4 – James Talbot : Business Coach

Inc Fastest Growing Companies CEO Survey

28 August 20154 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBizEntrepreneur, lists, management, Motivation, Performance

Every year Inc. lists the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America. They also survey the CEOs from the top 500 and there were some interesting findings. The top company grew an impressive 101,000% ending at some $118 million of Read More

Five common mistakes for first time Non-Executive Directors

25 August 201531 March 2023 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyBehaviour, Board, management, NED, Reputation, skills

Serving on a board, whether a commercial or charitable organisation, can be one of the most rewarding activities a person can undertake. However, there are pitfalls. Here are five common mistakes that many people make when joining a Board of Read More

SCOTSMAN and Sales

18 August 2015 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyModel, Performance, Sales, skills

Fear not, this is not a plug for the Edinburgh Fringe. This is about closing more sales. SCOTSMAN is an acronym taking you through the eight main areas to make sure that you and your potential client are a match Read More

Constructive Meetings

13 August 2015 JTLeave a commentBiz, CareerBehaviour, management, Model, Motivation, Performance, skills

This useful little model takes us somewhere useful, particularly in meetings, rather than get bogged down with the same old problems of blame, failure and limiting assumptions.

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

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

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

Ten Tips to Motivate yourself

27 November 20124 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBiz, CareerBehaviour, Motivation

Yes, it’s one of those days; grey, wet and dreary. So I need to remind myself of a few tips to pick myself up and here they are: 1. Get up and move around! 2. Trust your intuition and Read More

Enemies in to Allies?

24 July 20123 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBiz, CareerBehaviour, HBR, Office Politics, skills

Here is a rather nifty process from the Harvard Business Review for getting over some people blockages when in a new job. The case study they use is when a younger new manager comes in over an ‘old timer’ whom Read More

Act, don’t plan

2 April 20124 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBiz, CareerBehaviour, HBR, management

This is the message in March’s HBR in unpredictable environments and is the conclusion that they take from research from the University of Virginia’s Darden Business School of 27 entrepreneurs. The articel is called ‘New Project? Don’t Analyze – Act’ Read More

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