Bite Sized Business Tips
Quick reads for the values-led business leader about meeting our responsibilities to our team, customers, owners, communities and suppliers. They're by no means mandates, as context is everything for high level leaderdship, but they're intended to stimulate thought.
The Power and Need for Indistractable
I've been privileged the last couple of days to go with some of my clients to 2 talks about recently launched books. First, Nir Eyal's ...
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The Power and Need for Indistractable
I've been privileged the last couple of days to go with some of my clients to 2 talks about recently launched books. First, Nir Eyal's ...
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Profit or purpose first
You've seen a lot about how purpose is good for profit. It can be. Sometimes it's not. But regardless, pursuing purpose on that basis is ...
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The best business decision is the one you’ll actually follow up on
Making business decisions can often be really hard. And volumes have been written about the best way to make a business (or life) decision. Those ...
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Don’t be a people business. Be a business that recognises its individuals
Treat your team as individuals, rather than your company as a "people business". I've been rereading two books by Oliver Sacks, "Awakenings" and "The Man ...
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Help your teams be impactful, not busy
I've sat in leadership meetings where "the boss" feels a need to ensure that everyone has actions. Strategy sessions where they've visibly mentally scratched around ...
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Look after your values, and culture will follow
I'm always astonished by companies that say that culture is important, but do no work on their values. Look after your values, and your culture ...
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Dismissal is hard enough – don’t make it inhuman
The hardest thing I've had to do professionally was to make people redundant. It can be easy to forget how much harder it is for ...
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