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 […]
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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 […]
Five Leadership Lessons From Holiday By Jeremy Thorn
I went sailing on a friend’s wonderful sea-going boat recently, up a tidal river and then through a number of quite awkward canal locks. As a very ignorant and slightly concerned rookie crewman, knowing nothing about boating and with a long-standing aversion to getting both cold and wet, I was amazed at how much I […]
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, […]
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 […]
Being Chosen from the Crowd by Brian Chernett
I was at Fresh Business Thinking Live recently in Old Billingsgate in London. The event was well attended and most of the people I saw there seemed to be optimistic and positive about their future. There were five streams running and only an Agenda listing to choose from. It was not always easy to choose […]
How to increase buy-in and ownership amongst teams – by Peter Pritchett
This month Directors Forum Group 2 enjoyed a lively and inspirational session from Mark Fritz on “Why you Never wash a Rental Car“. Actually, the session is all about leadership – and in particular, how to increase buy-in and ownership amongst teams. An overall score of 9.1 and strong commitments to follow-up actions indicate that […]
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 […]
Thought Leaders and How They Emerge by Philip Hesketh
Whenever people are formed into a group before long a natural leader emerges. You only have to watch an episode of Big Brother or The Apprentice to witness this happening. There’ll be one person who either takes the initiative in a task and organises the troops, or in the case of Big Brother, steals a […]
BP and the Media – What Businesses of All Sizes Can Learn by Michael Dodd
It’s been hard to keep up with the multitude of ways BP mishandled the media over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But for BP and everyone else in business, the critical thing is to learn from the errors rather than repeat them. Being prepared before bad things happen is a key part of this, […]