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Spread the Passion virus through your Business – by Brian Chernett

Are you passionate about your business? Do you believe in what you’re doing and how you are going about it? If you are, that’s good, though there may be plenty of room for improvement. If you aren’t passionate about what you do, that is a problem that may need you to rethink your current situation […]

The real wizards of the business world? … Entrepreneurs – by Paul Hunting

‘To receive you must be active. You will receive in direct proportion to your strength of purpose, clarity of vision, steadiness of faith and depth of gratitude.’ – John-Roger I’ve been hunting all my life. For thirty years I’ve been pursuing my dreams disguised as a business person – but secretly practising alchemy. My role […]

What can we learn from “Natural Horsemanship”? – by Joanna Jesson

Members of experiential learning group DF9 (Directors Forum 9) were very surprised to find themselves sharing 2 days with 4 horses – working outside in a round pen!  Several of them were well outside their comfort zones.  Immediately they saw the horses, their heart rate went up.  The initial task was to learn how to […]

Deloitte and The Academy for Chief Executives selected by Birmingham City Council to deliver second Enterprise City High Growth Project

Due to the success of the first Enterprise City High Growth Project (ECHGP) in 2008/9, Birmingham City Council has again selected Deloitte and The Academy for Chief Executives to deliver development programmes to local businesses with major growth potential. Mike Burnage, Managing Director of  The Academy for Chief Executives stated, “I am delighted that Deloitte […]

How to improve the decision-making process by Peter Sutcliffe

The North East Academy for Chief Executives, Directors Forum speaker in July was Ian Moore who facilitated a fascinating and thought provoking experiential learning session on “Decisions Decisions“. We examined how we make decisions, how well we make decisions, how much bad decisions can cost us! and how we can improve the decision making process. […]

Events for Entrepreneurs by Brian Chernett

My theme this week in our blogs has been ‘entrepreneurship’ and with this in mind we have three conferences coming up which support our passion for leadership development, supporting the entrepreneur and championing the growth of the SME sector. When? Wednesday 8th September 2010 Where? Old Billingsgate, London What? Fresh Business Thinking LIVE! Running a […]

Are you just working IN your business … rather than ON it? By Phil Shipperlee

Are you an entrepreneur, a business person or both? It would be a fair question to ask what is the difference?  Another more than reasonable question might be to ask does it matter?  In my experience, there is definitely a difference and it certainly does matter.  The journey from entrepreneur with a good idea to […]

Developing an Unstoppable Mindset by Joe Adams

One of the CEO members of my experiential business learning group recommended that we invite along guest speaker Erick Rainey (pictured below). Erick is a very professional speaker and talked on the subject… “Get the Edge”. We learned that Erick spent 21 years performing in theatre, circus and films, focusing exclusively on any and all […]

Develop your digital vision of Leadership by Steve Songaila

Pathfinding is just one of the critical elements a leader brings to his or her organisation. For example, developing new markets, designing products and services, new ways of organising the business etc. I meet many senior executives within my clients, within the business world at large and within industry events. We talk about the latest […]