Leading a business can be the best fun you can have with your clothes on. Being at the head of a business that is making money, growing and doing well gives a feeling like no other. But we all know that life isn’t always plain sailing. Running a business is never straightforward and it is […]
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When I was much younger, I used to find it irksome when friends, particularly young folk, would make sweeping and definitive statements like ‘I always do…’ or ‘I never….’ It doesn’t matter what the specific action was. I used to find myself thinking ’How is it that someone so young can be so absolute, so
Traditionally New Year is a good time to set goals and plans for the coming year. Birthdays and holidays provide other great opportunities, because it encourages us to stop, reflect and judge whether we are still on course to make of our lives what we would choose to make of our lives, and initiate the
One of the great things about what I do is that I get to see many different businesses, so I get to not only recognise patterns but also to contrast different styles and approaches. One of the perennial challenges for most businesses is how to recruit and retain great talent, because at the end of
It is strange how patterns seem to emerge and, like taps on the shoulder, it is worth taking notice of them. Over the last 10 days or so I have noticed quite a few clients and contacts all commenting on the same challenge of fatigue. Irrespective of age or situation, fatigue, however it is labelled,