When Wayne Rooney left the field after one of England’s disappointing performances in the World Cup recently, he made a remark – “Nice to see your own fans booing you. If that’s what loyal support is…” – that suggested that he really didn’t understand why the fans were expressing their disappointment so vocally. Since their […]
Posts from ‘July, 2010’
How do I know what type of Business I should start? – some ideas for New Entrepreneurs – by Brian Chernett
In this series of blogs about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, I’m looking at issues that face new entrepreneurs as they respond to the need to generate growth in the economy, though, of course, most won’t have come to entrepreneurship for that reason. Let’s look at choosing the sort of business you might want to run. Many […]
Learning how to Network with Andy Lopata – by Jane Hunt
SDHG is a 12 month experiential learning programme offered free to leaders of small businesses in their area by Birmingham City Council and the Working Neighbourhoods Fund. The programme is delivered by Birmingham City Council and Deloitte with the Academy for Chief Executives. During one of our opening sessions, professional speaker Andy Lopata (pictured below), […]
Lessons from Cycling (and goats) … on Life and Leadership by Sue Knight
In the drama and crisis of Formula One, Wimbledon, and the World Cup football (well we can’t avoid analysing that again can we?) it might be easy to overlook that another gargantuan sporting event started last weekend. Unless of course you are a cyclist (which I am) – in which case you will know that […]
Are you just working IN your business … rather than ON it? By Phil Shipperlee
Are you an entrepreneur, a business person or both? It would be a fair question to ask what is the difference? Another more than reasonable question might be to ask does it matter? In my experience, there is definitely a difference and it certainly does matter. The journey from entrepreneur with a good idea to […]
Business Link – (Should we keep a-hold of Nurse?) by Andy Coote
Following on the heels of the demise of the Regional Development Agencies (being phased out by March 2012) there have been persistent rumours of the demise of Business Link, which in some areas is directly funded by the RDA. Real Business, under an exclusive tag, reported Mark Prisk as saying that he intended to phase […]
Are you a budding Entrepreneur? By Brian Chernett
The need for growth to come from private businesses in the UK has never been greater now that we are emerging from a global recession. In developing countries too, growth will come from private business, preferably from businesses set up in their country of origin. Businesses such as these are created by entrepreneurs, people who […]
Developing an Unstoppable Mindset by Joe Adams
One of the CEO members of my experiential business learning group recommended that we invite along guest speaker Erick Rainey (pictured below). Erick is a very professional speaker and talked on the subject… “Get the Edge”. We learned that Erick spent 21 years performing in theatre, circus and films, focusing exclusively on any and all […]
Develop your digital vision of Leadership by Steve Songaila
Pathfinding is just one of the critical elements a leader brings to his or her organisation. For example, developing new markets, designing products and services, new ways of organising the business etc. I meet many senior executives within my clients, within the business world at large and within industry events. We talk about the latest […]