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Success comes from planned succession

As in many other areas of business life, succession planning (or the lack of it) has a lot to do with attitude. Attitude that starts with the CEO. Can the CEO, for example, outsource talent development and management to others? The report, Why Global Leaders Succeed and Fail, suggests that the answer to this is […]

10 Top Tips to Survive and Thrive – by Andrew B Morris

Cash is king. Preserve it and use it wisely. A simple method is to measure weekly or monthly cash in and cash out of your business. Make sure your invoicing and cash collection is working effectively. Supplier management Reduce stock, improve supply lines, review all your Direct debits, check that you are getting three quotes […]

The everlasting moment… a Zen approach to beginnings and endings by Jayne Storey

Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m an advocate of Eastern philosophy, both as an antidote to the sometimes treadmill-like existence of life in the Western world and as a compliment to the best of modern innovations in developing human potential. Much of my coaching, for athletes and business-people, involves helping clients 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]