How to make better decisions - Sam Reese, Vistage CEO
Leadership is about decisions - so much so that a Chief Executive Officer may as well be called a Chief Decision Maker. Yet 60% of executives surveyed by McKinsey think their companies make bad strate...
Who holidays better, US or UK business leaders?
When it comes to the subject of leadership, you’ll find a spectrum of opinions on pretty much every aspect. Apart from one: taking a break. It’s an unequivocal fact - like the effects of doing exercis...
Your five year family business succession planning checklist
In business there are few greater questions than what comes next. This is especially true in family companies, where work is always personal, despite what management mantras might try and teach us. Su...
'I couldn't think of anything I'd rather do' - Jan Lloyd on the ...
There’s no such thing as a stereotypical Vistage Chair. The knowledge and experience that make a good Chair can be gained from almost any career path – but the most important attribute is a desire to ...
Take a break - and grow your company
What do you do if your business is rapidly growing and work is unrelenting? It’s easy, right? You focus more, you burn the candle at both ends, you work harder and longer. Instinctively and logically,...
How to write a growth plan like a scale-up business
While a start-up business plan sets out a broad, hypothetical overview of operations, finance and projections, a growth plan gives a much more detailed and accurate idea of how a business will manage ...
Workplace wellbeing initiatives that really work
What are you doing to improve your employees’ health and wellbeing? Painting the walls pink, clearing out the cupboard under the stairs and calling it a ‘contemplation room’, letting your team bring t...
How to create a company where high achievers stick around
Do you struggle to attract and retain great employees? You’re not alone. It’s reported that up to 20% of staff turnover happens within a new recruit’s first 45 days at the company - and with the organ...
The subtle art of letting go: How to loosen your leadership grip
At inception, the business leader is everything to everyone. There are few successful enterprises that haven’t had a strong, visionary leader at their epicentre; setting the compass, charting the cour...
Bring yourself to work day: Why you shouldn't separate personal life ...
Work is work and home is home. Or so we’re told. From school onwards, we’re taught it’s ‘business, nothing personal.’ To keep things professional and never take your personal life to the office. These...
