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 […]
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Are you an Entrepreneur? – then you’ll need Action, Belief and Energy – by Brian Chernett
Over time, I given a lot of thought as to whether positive action or beliefs come first – especially since writing my book, The Entrepreneur Within. If you want to achieve, you cannot do so unless you take positive action for change. However, to take the right actions requires belief. As qualities for Entrepreneurs, the […]
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. […]
Why I say ‘no’ to being a solo entrepreneur, but ‘yes’ to leading a committed team by Charles McLachlan
Our individualistic celebrity culture dictates that we seek to make heroes of individuals and icons of their ideas. Not convinced? For a moment, just ust think of some of the celebrity entrepreneurs that readily come to mind: Dyson, Branson, Sugar, Gates, Jobs with their iconic products – Dyson: cyclone vacuum cleaner; Branson: Virgin Atlantic; Sugar: […]
Cash or Profit – Survive or Excel by Jo Haigh
You know the saying ‘sales are vanity, profit is sanity’ but this little sentence ends with ‘but cash is absolutely essential’. Businesses do not fail because they don’t make profits (at least, not immediately), they fail because they run out of cash. Once it’s gone it’s gone! And now, of course, the cash wells have […]
Manage your Customer’s Expectations – or risk Damaging your Reputation by Andy Coote
When Wayne Rooney left the field after one of England’s disappointing performances in the World Cup recently, he made a remark – “Nice to see your own fans booing you. If that’s what loyal support is…” – that suggested that he really didn’t understand why the fans were expressing their disappointment so vocally. Since their […]
How do I know what type of Business I should start? – some ideas for New Entrepreneurs – by Brian Chernett
In this series of blogs about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, I’m looking at issues that face new entrepreneurs as they respond to the need to generate growth in the economy, though, of course, most won’t have come to entrepreneurship for that reason. Let’s look at choosing the sort of business you might want to run. Many […]
Learning how to Network with Andy Lopata – by Jane Hunt
SDHG is a 12 month experiential learning programme offered free to leaders of small businesses in their area by Birmingham City Council and the Working Neighbourhoods Fund. The programme is delivered by Birmingham City Council and Deloitte with the Academy for Chief Executives. During one of our opening sessions, professional speaker Andy Lopata (pictured below), […]
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 […]