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SMEs: the engine for growth and recovery

With the decision in the UK of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats to join the Conservatives in Coalition, we have entered a new phase in the economic development of the UK. The blend of the two parties is yet to be seen in action, but it does seem to offer a strong chance that […]

High Performance Leadership – Unleashing the Hidden Advantage latent in your organisation

David Powell is an highly experienced speaker and former senior executive in the petro- industry sector and was a big success with members of my Chief Executive Forum, Academy Group 11 when he presented to them recently. He spoke enthusiastically and in great detail while at the same time writing on the easel and demonstrating […]

The Impact and Influence of a Leader

Members of experiential business learning group, Directors Forum 9,  spent the day recently exploring their ‘Impact and Influence as a Leader’, including examining their indispensability factor to their organisation … We worked with Kate Atkin to explore our ‘EPL'; our ETHOS, PATHOS and LOGOS. Ethos being our business and personal credibility, built on our track […]

Maximising Performance as a Leader

Simon Hazeldine (pictured, right) presented his workshop “Performance Leadership” to members of new Surrey Academy Group 14, (an experiential business learning® group), recently. This was a very good session from Simon, particularly on the diagnostic tools that can be used to evaluate a company’s level of organisational engagement and performance focus.  It was also a […]

Buying a business during an economic downturn

The Issue: “Should I buy a company during an economic downturn?” The advice from members of The Academy for Chief Executives was: * We certainly shouldn’t generalise about the best time to buy a company. There are advantages to purchasing a business during an economic downturn and if the synergies are right then timing can […]

Reducing Executive Stress Levels

Academy Group 26, chief executive mentoring and experiential learning group (with members from Bristol and the South West) recently had stress management expert Sue Firth talk to them about ‘Stress Management for Executives and CEOs’.  From a thorough knowledge of the theory, Sue delivers very practical tools to understand, identify and reduce stress levels in […]

Partnership Conflicts in Business

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 experiential learning. Part of membership is ‘The Board You Could Never Afford‘ where members take their issues to the table and discuss with their […]

Make Your Website More Effective

Leaders Forum 9, chief executive mentoring and experiential learning group (with members from NW London, Herts, Beds and Bucks) recently had web/internet expert Graham Jones talk to them about ‘why they should scrap their corporate website’ The key points about making your website more effective were… Your website is not your brochure – your website […]

Loss and Bereavement in the Workplace

Academy Group 1, chief executive mentoring and experiential learning group (with members from North London and Hertfordshire) recently had had Ann Nye as its speaker on the subject of Bereavement and Loss. For Managing Directors and business owners this might seem an unusual subject to cover but as she stated over 1.2 million people die […]