The markets are under attack – “Covid-19 presents the greatest danger to the world economy since the financial crisis of 2008” (OEGD). “The FTSE 100 fell more than 8% in early trading as fears of a global recession grew, caused…
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Performance or Market Improvement – where’s your GROWTH coming from?
Tagged with: coronavirus, john lewis, People performance, Process productivity, Product profitability
Posted in Business Growth, Company Culture, leadership
Posted in Business Growth, Company Culture, leadership
A GOAL without a plan is just a WISH
After 30 years in what is generically referred to as “corporate life” where we even planned the plan, the shock of working with smaller businesses that do not produce a plan, let alone written goals was (for me) an anathema…
Tagged with: Budgets, Business Planning, Goal Planning, Growth, Skills for business growth
Posted in Annual Plan, Business Growth, Planning, Strategic Planning
Posted in Annual Plan, Business Growth, Planning, Strategic Planning
2019 GREATEST HITS
So,Greatness is all relative and Hits ain’t quite what they used to be! Nevertheless, here are the most viewed Value Innovator blogs of 2019. #3 Strategy doesn’t have to be complicated – Lessons from a car maker. The May 2019…
Tagged with: culture, self management, STRATEGY
Posted in business strategy, Company Culture, Strategic Planning, Values
Posted in business strategy, Company Culture, Strategic Planning, Values
3 Gifts of Wisdom from 3 Wise Men
We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star And continuing the seasonal theme… I bring you three gifts from three wise men that will help you, and perhaps…
Advice & Attitude – a STERLING case for Business Managers & Employees
In July 2015 Raheem Sterling was signed by Manchester City for £49 million. In June 2019 he was valued by the CIES Football Observatory at £185million. If you invested a significant sum in your people, product or process you’d expect…
Tagged with: employee engagement, leadership, Pepguardiola, Raheemsterling
Posted in Company Culture, leadership, Skill Sets, Values
Posted in Company Culture, leadership, Skill Sets, Values
WeWork but not as we used too!
The world of work has changed, and it hasn’t all been good – or is it just another generational thing. I can remember my Father bemoaning the end of national service and today I often hear the gripe about millennials…
Tagged with: culture, Millennials, SMEs, worcestershire
Posted in Company Culture, leadership, people, Values
Posted in Company Culture, leadership, people, Values
The Ideal Employee and the C word
Not all Boards function efficiently, effectively and professionally; and it usually comes down to people followed closely by process. In difficult trading times the cracks of underperformance are harder to paper over, passengers easier to spot and tensions more obvious –…
Tagged with: culture, employee engagement, leadership
Posted in Appraisals, Company Culture, Engagement, leadership, The Boardroom
Posted in Appraisals, Company Culture, Engagement, leadership, The Boardroom
Proven TIPS that release you from holiday emails
and allow you to get on with the business of enjoying your holiday! The flights had been booked for 11 months and the details had been months in the planning – after all it’s not every year I get 3…
Tagged with: communication, email, how to, self management, Social Media, tips on
Posted in communication, company holidays, efficiency, Time Management
Posted in communication, company holidays, efficiency, Time Management
It’s not always been plain sailing but
What a way to end Year 6 and start Year 7 – the JBN Congress, an IoD Mastermind, an Annual Lecture, Sales training delivery, an evening with Elton John and working my passage between Corsica and Sardinia on a 41-foot…
Tagged with: #IoD, #JBN, #NAJ, #WBS, NED, SMEs
Posted in business advisor, Engagement, Management Consultants, Sales Training
Posted in business advisor, Engagement, Management Consultants, Sales Training
Is there a process for assessing Company Culture?
The question was asked by an MD over dinner and discussed (at length) by the other MDs at the table – we referenced the good, the bad and the ugly experiences we’d had. It covered vision, mission, values and behaviours…
Tagged with: assessing culture, culture, employee engagement, SMEs
Posted in Company Culture, Engagement, leadership, Values
Posted in Company Culture, Engagement, leadership, Values
