The Academy for Chief Executives, the UK’s leading executive coaching and mentoring organisation, reaches an important milestone today with the launch of a new group in Scotland. At the helm of this new group is Academy for Chief Executives Scotland Chair Justin Grace, a former MD who brings with him 20 years of international board […]
Posts Tagged ‘Business’
Mentoring for (sm)all business growth by Brian Chernett
On November 15th, 2010 at the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced “a new 40,000-strong network of business mentors and called on more businesses to join up.” According to the announcement, he “wants to see as many business people as possible sign up to mentor new and growing businesses. To make […]
Entrepreneurs – encouraging the engine of development by Charles McLachlan
Although George Bush famously said that the French have no word for entrepreneur, the entrepreneurial spirit is represented in every nation and culture in the world. However, depending on the cultural context, the way it is applied can be an enormous power for good or continue to buttress the forces that hold back the development […]
Enterprise – ‘The Sturdy Horse pulling the Wagon’ by Jeremy Thorn
Winston Churchill once said: “Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot at: others as a cow to be milked; but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon” . Isn’t that a great quote? In some countries, striking out on your own in business is widely […]
Every business needs an entrepreneur by Jeremy Marchant
When George W Bush was reported to have said “the French don’t have a word for entrepreneur”, my how we laughed. Yet the common French usage of the word is far more bland than its common usage in the UK. According to Wikipedia, a French economist, Jean-Baptiste Say, is believed to have coined the word […]
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 […]
What’s in a name? by Sue Knight
A thin strip of dusty road cuts its way through the coconut palms between the warm waters of the Arabian Sea and the magical Keralan backwaters. This road is busy with water trucks, fishermen, bike riding villagers shouting their wares, three wheeled yellow and black autos, farmers leading their tethered cows to fresher fields, taxi […]
Some only need it. Others really want it. by Derek Williams
Derek Williams, Founder and Chief Executive of The WOW! Awards shares some thoughts on great service. Losing weight, giving up smoking, getting a better education, getting a better job. Some people only need it. Others really want it. And so it is with customer service. Some organisations really need to give better service. Their customers […]
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 […]