For CEO's of successfull SMEs who want to scale and sell their business
One of the joys of working with senior business people is that I get to work with both planning the strategic issues and working with them on their personal growth. Indeed it is the only by developing the individual that Read More
Time is money! Here are four habits to make sure you are using your time most efficiently to achieve what you want. 1. Focus on one thing at a time Multitasking is difficult, you are constantly changing your attention which Read More
Here are a couple of interesting, in an informative and amusing way, articles for the weekend. The first, from Quartz, is a fun little ‘game’ challenging you to beat random 10 years sections of the S&P 500 since 1978. You Read More
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
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.
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
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
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
Search for meaning is key for managing people longer term. Viktor Frankl put it like this: “If we take man as he really is we make him worse. If we over-estimate we promote him to what he can really be!” Read More
The January/February issue of the Harvard Business Review (HBR) has an interesting article pointing out that the world of work has changed dramatically over the past decade, this will be more apparent to the older reader who was not brought Read More