Beals Barn – A Local Business Phenomenon
All successful businesses do much the same things, but they are harder to do than you might think. I help run a business association where I live in Wadhurst, East…
These articles illustrate why leadership matters. Few great businesses are built without inspirational leadership and we can all learn from the people in the news who are doing this well. What can you learn from the people described in the articles below?
Rabbit At McDonalds
Why is it that even when faced with obvious pressures to change many businesses find it so difficult to do? In January 2012 I wrote about ailing UK roadside restaurant…
Nuts!
If you are lucky your business will be in the right pace at the right time, but will it last? I don’t really understand why anyone eats Nutella, the jars…
Between a ROC and a Hard Place
Great businesses can sustain great Returns On Capital. I have just searched my blog database (which you can find online here…) for “Tesco” and found 12 articles in the past…
Business Review Business
Investing time in team identity and alignment has a very high return in any business. I’m in the business review business: I can variously be said to lead, run, facilitate,…
Saving the Church of England
All organisations need to adapt to changing times, but you can’t do it without strong and committed leadership. A big thank you to all of you who contacted me to…
The Guessing Game
A business’ strategy should last longer than the tenure of the person in charge. It never ceases to surprise me just how many businesses don’t really have a very well…
Take Small Steps
Don’t let your enthusiasm get the better of you in achieving your business dreams. The last time I wrote an article about Mulberry, the UK fashion brand famous for its…
Sell Solutions Not Products
It’s amazing what great management can do with some deceptively simple-sounding strategic ideas. In the 1990’s, when digital printing came of age, traditional printers had a pretty bad time of…
How to Sell More
Sales folk go into battle every day to win business, but are they adequately prepared? If you are leading a business you could do a lot worse than read a…
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