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Strategy
Book review – The GoGiver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
Many books tell stories and many business books that tell us how to do certain things that are important for business. Few do both well. This book weaves a story, and it's lessons into a compelling narrative that draws in the reader and encourages them to turn the...
It better be you…
If we can live and work and enjoy entertainment from anywhere, then business can source it from anywhere too. Specialists will attract wealth that will bypass generalists.
Six months in, are you ready for the next phase?
For many of the small businesses that I work with and mentor there has been a shift to a more digital, internet connected way of working. The intention of the business owners is increasingly to maintain much of that change into the future.
Building Better Business Podcast Episode 2
Hear about the background to the five pillars of strategy for small businesses: Signposting, Sales, Systems, Skills, and Self.
News: The Risky Seas
Every business should put effort into risk management. Almost all would be more profitable, more reliably, in the long run, if they did more
Reflections – Changes, Brexit and Good decisions.
We often find ourselves making decisions that create big changes in our future, so it’s important to understand what makes a good decision.
Reflections – December 2019 – And a strategic start to 2020
For many businesses the end of a calendar year is a time to think about planning the next 12 months. This blog gives on a strategic approach that works.
Planning your business in 2020.
Things will change in 2020, the impacts will affect elements of the economy and the way business is done in unexpected ways. Read how to get ready.
Which facts matter for decision making
Every business owner is faced with countless decisions that require sound judgement as well as a clear head. While one decision might address a specific problem, each one will affect the achievement of the goal of the business. Decisions made in a vacuum are risky,...
Standing out.
Are you standing out in your field?
Context Matters: Decisions Are Not Made in a Vacuum
Interpreting meaning is a nuanced skill of taking past expertise and applying it in the context of the current challenge.
Being 60 and changing lives…
My 60th Birthday gave me a chance to reflect, the result of which is some big decisions and the commitments that go with them. It all starts here…
Tactical questions, a business lesson from Brexit.
In business we often ask questions to help guide our strategy and in particular the implementation of it. Great businesses ask many questions and they take time to consider contexts
Knowledge, Skill, Experience and (un)conditional giving
Is generosity always about reciprocity? I don’t think so, not even when the context is commercial. This blog explores giving, conditionally or unconditionally, for business.
How to Convert Your Winning Ideas into Reality
Whether you run a multi-site business, a small team in a small enterprise or are are working on your own in an office, winning means getting your business strategy right.
Strategy, In your business, who is going to make it real?
I’ve created a workshop to take the first step to being back in control. Having the time you need, so that you are working with clients whom you know are perfect
The silent strategy of gender bias
Business leaders know that gender diversity is good for their businesses, nad yet it still is not happening. When I look back over the 133 years since my Grandmother was born I know that we have come a long way, and have a long way to go. The blog looks at the evidence, the symptoms of hidden strategies, and the actions we should be taking now.
The silent strategies that could kill your business.
Over the next few weeks, I am going to be looking at why strategy is especially important in owner-led businesses. I’ll touch on some unconscious strategies that I see holding businesses back from optimal performance and their typical symptoms, as well as how to make sure your business is immune.
How the business risk landscape has changed.
Today, politics and business are mixing on daily timescales. That’s a very different risk management landscape than many businesses have ever faced. What’s the biggest risk that the current uncertainty brings to your business?