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 [...]
Identifying the drivers behind the profitability of your business – and maximising their impact - is key to its future prosperity.
In my last post we looked at the bigger picture – the broader areas of your business that harbour its primary profit drivers. Now it’s time for me to take on the mantle of performance coach [...]
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 [...]
Imagine your perfect management meeting where everyone leaves energised and full of enthusiasm, where your top team know what the top picture is, what they’ve got to do and how they’re going to do it.
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 [...]
Spring is sprung – at least in the northern hemisphere – the days are becoming brighter and warmer, and many people, including even strategy consultants, are therefore developing sunnier dispositions!
Without being unduly pessimistic, the bad news, however, is that this will be a strictly temporary phenomenon, as autumn and winter are bound to return before [...]
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. [...]
