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 […]
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Develop Leadership Qualities by Phil Jesson and Brian Chernett
(First published in CEO Today Spring 2010) Have a look around at the political, religious and business leaders who affect your life. What do you see? Do you see leaders capable of inspiring ordinary people to achieve great things or do you see grey administrators detached from reality and the audience they claim to represent? […]
See Your Business with Fresh Eyes by Brian Chernett
When markets are tough, as they are at the moment, we need every bit of help to make sure our businesses continue to trade. Perhaps now is a good time to experience your business as a customer might and pick up on those areas where things have begun to slip. As a retail manager, I […]
Academy Member sails over 9,000miles in the Clipper 09/10 Round the World Race
As ten Clipper Ventures race yachts sailed back into Hull on Saturday 17th July, marking the end of a 10month race around the world, Academy member (ACE 42) Peter Guttridge was on Clipper Qingdao, the 68ft Chinese sponsored yacht, with 16 crew mates and skipper. For Peter, Managing Director of a £10m T/O family engineering […]
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 […]
Lessons from Cycling (and goats) … on Life and Leadership by Sue Knight
In the drama and crisis of Formula One, Wimbledon, and the World Cup football (well we can’t avoid analysing that again can we?) it might be easy to overlook that another gargantuan sporting event started last weekend. Unless of course you are a cyclist (which I am) – in which case you will know that […]
How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Leadership by Brian Chernett
1. Leading from too far in front Some ‘visionary’ leaders believe that if they set off on a route march to the future, the rest of the team will follow and that those who are unable to do so are simply casualties of the process. What if the team genuinely have problems keeping up? … […]
Recruiting Good Sales People by Joe Adams
The Academy for Chief Executives (ACE), a leading provider of experiential business learning® facilitates groups of CEOs and Managing Directors who meet together every month to network and take full advantage of peer group learning. Part of membership involves members taking their issues to the table and discussing them with their peers. At a recent […]
Getting the best out of your team following a re-structure
The Academy for Chief Executives, a leading provider of experiential business learning® facilitates groups of CEOs and Managing Directors who meet together every month to network and take full advantage of peer group learning. Part of membership involves members taking their issues to the table and discussing them with their peers. At a recent meeting, […]
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 […]