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Posts from ‘September, 2010’

Banks won’t lend, have you tried your pension? by Michael Wiggins

Since the onset of the credit crunch in 2008 and the subsequent economic malaise, many business owners across the UK have found banks becoming less willing to provide the loan facilities which they need. In some cases the terms of future loans become restrictive or expensive whilst in others, simply unavailable. Clearly, the inability to […]

To Become a Thought-Leader, You Need to Stop Thinking! By Jayne Storey

The practice of meditation is a necessary skill for those who wish to enhance their baseline creativity and develop the intelligence, insight and intuition necessary to become a Thought-Leader. After all, outstanding minds in all fields – from the arts, to business and indeed sport – have one thing in common, and that is the […]

Taking Action on Thought Leadership by Brian Chernett

For the past four weeks, we have been looking at Thought Leadership from a number of angles. Thought Leadership reinforces your strategic direction and enables you to stand out from the crowd. As I discussed last week, delivery is still an important element to being selected. The best strategy in the world is useless unless […]

Graham Jones teaches us how to obtain web success for our businesses – by Peter Pritchett

Academy Group 5 enjoyed an insightful, engaging and very thought-provoking session from psychologist and web-consultant Graham Jones on “Web Success for Your Business”. Rather than just the usual techie and/or design driven session, Graham really focuses on what motivates web users and uses this to illustrate how most companies’ websites are still very wide of […]

Kevin Kelly wows over 60 Chief Executives at Academy for Chief Executives 2nd Thought Leaders Conference – by Brian Chernett

The second in a series of Thought Leader Conferences organised by The Academy for Chief Executives (ACE) took place earlier this month. ACE provides a unique forum in which CEOs expand their expertise through leadership training, executive coaching and mentoring. The conferences have been designed to showcase the innovative learning processes which not only develop […]

Thought Leadership or Thought Followership? by Phil Shipperlee

Is it real or is it just another bit of jargon or management speak? I think the answer is both and I have explored this below. It is very important to be able to identify what is real in this context as true thought leadership is at the root of all the progress made by […]

Real Life Experiences: Leaders learning from each other

New South London area Academy Chairman, Peter Lynagh, was delighted to be given the opportunity to discuss the launch of his local leadership group by South London Business recently. The interview which follows is reproduced on our blog, with their kind permission: The Academy for Chief Executives (ACE) has recently started a new group in […]

Thought Leadership – And Not Just Yours! By Jeremy Thorn

Of course, all Owner Managers and business leaders need to be ‘Thought Leaders’. But don’t forget, others in your team will have their own ideas too. In setting up and establishing your own business at the start, you probably had to do everything yourself – from establishing a corporate vision and determining your business model, […]

North West Academy for Chief Executives offers challenging advice for local businesspeople at Autumn events in Manchester and Preston

The Academy for Chief Executives North West region is offering local businesspeople the chance to ‘Eat their Ugly Frog first!’ with three free events this autumn – in Preston and Manchester. Says Alan Dean, Chairman of the Academy group in Cheshire, Merseyside and Manchester ‘With challenging times for business right now we wanted to offer […]

Who Needs to Be a Thought Leader? (Part 1) by Rob Brown

“Leadership is action, not position.” Donald H McGannon, former CEO of Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation When you ‘lead the field’ and have the reputation as the number one, ‘go to’ choice for what you do, you create a competitive edge. In my bestselling book ‘How to Build Your Reputation’ I identified 12 groups of people who […]