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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 […]

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 […]