Trust – much aspired to within companies – starts at the top. The more you trust your team, the more of a trusting culture you will build. Henry Stewart, CEO of Happy Ltd, took that to a place very few would be willing to go. At pay review time for the company, he asked his […]
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Is all growth good?
Is a lack of growth failure? I find it fascinating that when I’ve asked a CEO why their business exists, or why they founded it, no one ever says “to grow it”. It’s always about something they saw that needed fixing, or an opportunity to take something they’re good at and do it better, or […]
Celebrate business founders – but for the right reason
“Most of you will fail, disrespected, impoverished, but we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty. You are at the source of our antifragility. Our nation thanks you.” Sadly, the stats on […]
Male bosses need to read this to better understand their female team members
Gender-specific post for blokes who run companies. READ THIS BOOK! Many men, myself included, have often said that the system’s not broke. But that’s because we’re fish in water… David Foster Wallace recounts the story of two young fish swimming along who come across an older fish. “He nods at them and says, ‘Morning, boys. […]
Even as we live longer, we are thinking shorter
My father was a lawyer by profession, but a gardner in soul. He understood that it takes time and patient nurturing for a seed to turn into a tree or a flower. And he did, in fact, sow hundreds if not thousands of plants in his life. It was one of the things I loved […]