Watch the Downside!
“Mouchel is just the latest in a long line of businesses who take on too much risk in order to grow.” Mouchel has come an awfully long way since 1877…
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?
What You Need To Know About Economics
“Have you ever wondered why economists don’t always seem to make much sense?” I have always had a nagging doubt about economics and economists. For many years I just…
Wild Ambition Is A Young Man’s Thing
“You need to change your style of leadership as you grow.” There is no doubt that Chesapeake Energy, an oil and gas company located in Oklahoma City, USA, has done…
Alignment Is Essential For Great Success
“If you want to change the world, start by changing yourself.” In my blog post on 6 January this year I decried Footsie directors being paid one hundred times the average…
How Not To Do It
“I have five fundamental principles that I believe underpin most successful businesses, rarely do I come across a company that flaunted them all.” Someone told me once that businesses tend…
Last Jack-In-The-Box Standing
“There is much to be learned, about the future of retail, from the high street toy shop The Entertainer.” Over the last few months I have written a lot about…
CEO Games
“Isn’t it about time Hewlett-Packard had a strategy?” In spite of what people often claim about supertankers, they actually turn quite quickly; stopping though is another matter altogether. Hewlett-Packard…
Seeing the Asset Light
"Being in more than one business at a time can be a distraction.” Conrad Hilton once said “you can make a lot of money from a hotel as long…
The Devil’s Most Devilish When Respectable
“Little deals often signal bigger things to come.” The other day I heard a young author saying that book publishers had it all wrong, they spent too much time publishing…
Why Aviva Needs a Different Sort of Boss
“So, how should they go about recruiting a new CEO?” There has been so much discussion recently about the performance and remuneration of CEO’s that I thought that it…