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? […]
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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 […]
Setting the tone – a spoonful of sugar? Brian Chernett
Do you want a high performing team that develops over time, with people that stay and grow into new roles, people that demonstrate trust, determination, creativity and loyalty? Of course you do. To achieve that, it has to be enjoyable to work with you. There has to be, as the Sherman Brothers put it (below), […]
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 […]
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 […]
Engagement – A Vital Component To Recovery Post Recession – by David Smith
High Performance Is About People Many CEOs I speak to are concerned about re-engaging with their workforce post the ravages of recession. Some have had serious cost cutting to perform, some people have been on reduced compensation packages, and some have seen substantial redundancies taking place, leaving those remaining suffering from what has euphemistically become […]