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Growing your team and the people in it by Brian Chernett

As a CEO in a growing business, you will need a good team around you. As the business grows and changes, that team needs to grow and change around you. Making the most of your team will make your job easier and your outcomes more successful. There are a few things you can do to […]

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? […]

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), […]

Keeping Your Talented People by Brian Chernett

Having the right people ‘on the bus’ (as Jim Collins would put it) is crucial to the success of any business. So how is it that some businesses seem to have the right people and hold on to them talented people and others simply do not? If you stay positive and look for opportunities, maybe […]

Structure Your Meetings for Management and Motivation by Brian Chernett

I know a lot of Chief Executives who consider themselves to be good leaders but feel they could be better at managing and motivating their people. Like any other skill, managing key people well can be learned and through practice mastered. One technique for doing that, in my experience, makes a large difference. You probably […]

Better Approach and Attitude lead to Better Decisions by Brian Chernett

Do you need to be lucky to survive and to thrive? I’m sure there are elements of luck involved, however, I believe in making your own luck and that starts with optimism. Remember the objective is always to come out of difficult times stronger and leaner and to be ready for the opportunities that will […]

Building a Strong Team for 2010

We began our 2010 Newsletter on Fresh Business Thinking with an article by Brian Chernett, founder of The Academy for Chief Executives on the need to build a strong team for 2010 “2010 will be another a challenging year to be a Leader”, he told us and “the leaders that survive the year will be […]

How to retain team members by meeting their needs

Shay McConnon gave chief executive mentoring and experiential learning group members (from William Waddington’s Exeter-based Academy Group 39) a very practical and powerful workshop on ‘How to retain team members by meeting their needs’. Shay was an extremely entertaining speaker who grabbed everyone’s attention immediately by opening the session with a magic trick! He divided […]