It’s tough to make decisions and run a business with the volatility we’ve got going on around us, but there’s one business priority at the highest level which I think those of us running SMEs should keep focussed on. Watching politics at the help of the UK right now, you can’t help but feel that […]
The effective leadership team’s superpower…
… is discipline. Sure, being human, having vision, empathy, clarity, and so on – all of these are essential. But the place I’ve seen more SMEs fail to live up to their potential is a lack of discipline. Simply not doing what they say they’re going to do. I recently worked with a number of […]
Bad news may sell. But it doesn’t make things better.
What do you do if the prevailing business “sense” is very clearly saying one thing, yet your values and what the world needs are in diametric opposition to this? That’s the dilemma that faced my Karmic Capitalist guest on this week’s podcast, Seán Wood, CEO of Positive News. “Bad news sells”. We hear this mantra […]
When things go wrong, do you fix the transaction or the relationship?
S**t happens. And when it happens with a client, you can choose whether you use the opportunity to genuinely make a difference, or to abuse it. We’ve recently returned from visiting stunning Croatia. While on Hvar, we’d booked a small boat for the day – my son is a licenced boat driver (I’ve heard the […]
Selflessness, leadership and followership
Selfless. A word I’m hearing demanded a lot from our leaders. Whether in companies, politics, or elsewhere. And for good reason. When you’re in a position of power, it’s your responsibility to think of those whose support you need to achieve (hopefully positive and purposeful) goals. But I hear it a lot less as an […]