In my last post I asked you where you want to be in four years’ time; whether you are ready to make the transition to a new role, freeing up your time to try new challenges and experiences.
Let’s assume you feel you are ready, and you have the requisite management team in place. As a [...]

Where would you like to be in four years’ time? At this time of year the answer may well include references to tropical seas and golden sands… If only! Back to reality, however: if you’re lucky enough to be soaking up the sun, enjoying a break with the family, give some thought to the question [...]

In his new book Predictable Success, Les McKeown quotes Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE who said: “When you put your foot on the gas in this company, the car goes forward.” Les McKeown observes: “While this might sound like a vacuous truism, the reality is that leaders of most organisations can’t say such things.”
As an [...]

Are you adapting to your customers changing needs and demands?
Are you constantly being pro-active on their behalf?
Are you supporting them with innovation and development?  

As an expert in leadership coaching who helps companies to grow in uncertain times, I can prove that doing the above will strengthen your business and your customers’ companies. 
Not doing them could [...]

Would you like to come away from your monthly management meetings feeling inspired and energised, confident your team will achieve success and it all agreed in less than an hour?
If your answer to these questions is “yes”, here’s a further query from an experienced strategy consultant.
Why not start the new financial year, or second quarter [...]

With many businesses now reaching their financial year end, now’s a good time for your leadership mentor to suggest taking stock of how you, as the CEO or company owner, have performed.
I’ve therefore developed the following CEO/business owner self assessment questionnaire. The objective of this is to review your results against seven key performance criteria. [...]

As an experienced strategy consultant, I understand how vital knowing the answer to that question can be.
Which type of leader you are can make all the difference to the rate at which your business develops and grows. If you’re finding it hard to make the transition from entrepreneur to CEO/business builder, you may be holding [...]

All too often in my field of management consultancy and business training I see leaders severely restricting their company’s growth due to their own burgeoning ‘mental clutter’.
With April approaching, stop procrastinating and, in the truest sense of a ‘Spring Clean’, tackle those troublesome decisions that you have swept under the carpet – and hoped will [...]

Do you know what your critical success factors are?

As a strategy consultant to many senior business people, I know that during the past year or so many CEOs and owners have felt trapped in their companies, as they struggle to survive and change. This is prompting many to question whether they’re in the right place.
With the worst possibly behind us and some new [...]