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…
Advice & Attitude – a STERLING case for Business Managers & Employees
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
Strategy doesn’t have to be complicated – Lessons from a car maker
The recent May press headline of JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) British luxury car brand (potentially) being purchased by French PSA Group (Peugeot Citroen Vauxhall) just shows how quickly their respective fortunes have changed. In 2014 JLR posted profits of £2.5B, whilst…
Tagged with: Business Planning, Growth, leadership, PSA, Strategic Planning, STRATEGY
Posted in Annual Plan, business strategy, leadership, Reviewing your Business Plan, Strategic Planning
Posted in Annual Plan, business strategy, leadership, Reviewing your Business Plan, Strategic Planning
The Male Pale Stale Board
my back of the envelope 7 question Stale Test for you to (more) objectively assess the health of your boardroom
Life’s more interesting when you listen
I first heard the expression “You have two ears and one mouth” from a Sales Manager and proud Yorkshire man called Ian – so I’d always assumed it was something of a Yorkshire proverb. Later I discovered the saying probably…
Tagged with: communication, Dalai Lama, ears to hear, Yorkshire Proverb
Posted in communication, Company Culture, Engagement, leadership, people, Skill Sets
Posted in communication, Company Culture, Engagement, leadership, people, Skill Sets
What gets you out of bed in the morning?
For some it’s the alarm, a cup of tea, a seat on the train, or the mortgage and for some it’s simply the thought of going to work that day. Have I missed anyone? One morning I got out of…
Tagged with: culture, leadership, NHS, P&G, Values
Posted in Company Culture, Customer Experience, Engagement, leadership, Principles, Purpose, Values
Posted in Company Culture, Customer Experience, Engagement, leadership, Principles, Purpose, Values
