In Bo Burlingham’s magnificent book, Small Giants, he talks about a special type of company. A company that evokes a human connection. A company which, as per the subtitle of the book, chooses greatness over size. At the heart of these companies leaders have “deep emotional attachments to the business, to the people who worked […]
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Bill Gates wanted to stuff it to IBM
As far as BHAGs go, Eliminating Global Healthcare Inequalities has got to be out there with the best. Though Alphalake being a British company, it’s a little more modest. “To work towards global health equality.” This is just the fourth part of a strong mission, which aside from being a key part of founder Olly […]
If you’re frustrated with your leadership team, the feeling’s probably mutual!
“It annoys me how often I need to tell my leadership team what to do. But if I don’t, they just won’t do the right thing.” (How to upset everyone in one fell swoop. But it needs saying, so here goes…) If you’re a CEO frustrated with your leadership team (LT), I’ll bet they’re also […]
“I think I’ve just paid £50,000 for a word I already knew”
Many CEOs call their companies “people companies”. Occasionally they mean it! Far more occasionally still, it translates into every sinew of a company’s being. Answer Digital comes about as close as you can get within the tech consulting sector. I don’t know what perks they offer, or if they’ve latched on to the latest must-shout-about […]
If you don’t like choosing between horrible and cataclysmic, don’t become CEO.
Hard choices often end up in one of two ugly places: Analysis paralysis – no decision, but just an ongoing slow pain, or flip-flopping decisions – often depending on who you’re speaking to. I’ve seen this a lot in many leaders, including CEOs. Sometimes, it’s because the choices are genuinely difficult to compare. Other times […]