Would you sack your biggest client if they were making your team unhappy? Create a BIG hole in your revenue and profit? Actually put some of your team at risk due to the financial hit? “We want our team to be happy”. Pretty much every company says this at some level. And in the inimitable […]
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What price your values?
What price for your values? Seriously, if you run a company, and were asked, what price would you put on your values? If you’re the CEO or MD of a company, you WILL be called on to put a price. Almost certainly first by your team. Most likely, it will come from sales. “We have […]
Overwhelm for leaders is real
One of the hardest challenges for CEOs who take their role seriously is the need to continually shine a light, to show a destination, to create hope. And to do that whatever is happening in the world around you. The challenge is that leaders are human too. Yes, vulnerability is a good thing, but it’s […]
Everyone in your company at some level is jockeying for position
Everyone has blind spots, and CEOs are no different. One of the biggies is forgetting that you’re the only one at the top of the tree. Even in a company with a flat structure, you’re still the one who will be deferred to for the biggest decisions. And usually for anything relating to pay, and […]
The list is not the thing
Lists are the most underused and undervalued weapon in building companies and bringing control to them. I use them (with a particular structure) for executing strategy, for managing improvements to a company, for monitoring its health, and to manage operational pulse – the four process layers in our Build on Purpose framework for bringing control […]