Oh no, not another article on green issues! We’ve got a recession to dig ourselves out of, we’ve got the dreaded cuts just round the corner… But… We need to stimulate growth, we need to get our businesses going again… But… Yes, we’re very sorry about the polar bears and the Gulf of Mexico is […]
Posts under ‘Balance’
Achieving and Maintaining Balance in Business by Jayne Storey
The thing about balance is that it never achieves anything, except…well, being balanced. You’ll notice that outstanding achievers in any field you care to mention from business, to sport, the arts, science, politics, invention and design are never the most balanced of individuals and hardly lead balanced lives, so focused are they on breaking new […]
Balancing age (and wisdom) in the team by Brian Chernett
The age profile of the workforce is changing. An article in the Guardian on Thursday 16 September notes that the “latest estimates that a third of UK workers will be over 50 in 2020”. A recent survey by the CIPD and the CMI called “Managing an Ageing Workforce” produced some interesting statistics on attitudes to […]
Balance is what you believe it is by Jeremy Marchant
When I was a salaried employee—of a variety of companies including Marks and Spencer and CMG, a full services IT business—I had no problem leaving at the end of the day and putting the job out of my mind. Not for me the contest to leave last or be in early. As a self employed […]
Balancing Act – Return on Investment (ROI) with Return on Energy, Effort and Enthusiasm (ROE)
by Christine Marsh CPT, Prime Objectives In these challenging times, the obvious focus for any business is on obtaining a return on investment (ROI) . Whilst you continue to strive to become more efficient in the systems and processes you have invested in, let’s not overlook the wellbeing of people who need to feel effective […]
What Price Gold? by Andy Mouncey
I caught one of the post-Beijing ‘This is how we dun it’ gigs towards the back end of last 2008 – in this case British Cycling as told by Dan Hunt, coach of women’s endurance squad – who all did rather well, as you may recall. As is usual at this level there are a […]
Can serious business include fun? by Brian Chernett
Just the expression ‘serious business’ suggests that we need to have our faces set into a serious expression whilst we embrace the ‘work ethic’ and drive ourselves and our employees into the ground. What if it didn’t have to be that way? What if work was leavened with fun, indeed what if work was fun? […]
Continually Drink Down the Stress by Mark Fritz
Managing stress and not letting stress manage you! Now, this is not what you think! It’s not about grabbing that pint of beer or glass of wine to relieve your stress. There are other ways… Let’s use the analogy of a glass of water, with water representing the stress that pours into your life. As […]
Balance In Business – Stakeholders by Jeremy Thorn
This article is about balancing the needs of all our different stakeholders. And I don’t think this is ever an easy task. There are so many of them, and some are much less obvious than others. The idea of getting the balance right in a business can cover many themes. On any personal level, a […]
Leaders find the balance by Paul Bridle
What is the first thing we learn after we are born? If you think about it, the first thing we learn is ‘balance’. From keeping our head up on our shoulders to sitting up, feeding ourselves or walking, the first part was getting the balance right. And it never stops really. If you want to […]