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Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (6) --- ** # Vistage UK Blog ** Category: All categories Uncategorized Business Leading, Not Managing Getting Ahead Strategy Work/Life Balance Issues Employee Motivation Life At The Top Sales Vistage Members Speakers HR Economy Marketing Recruitment Vistage Change Management Being a new CEO Vistage Chair Exit Planning/Strategies Family Business Technology Vistage Staff Time Management Vistage Open Days Mental Health Brexit Negotiation Scaleup Business Cybersecurity Raising finance 84 Results ## Karin Simonsen ### Recent Posts [Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy) August 13, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Don%E2%80%99t%20waste%20your%20time%20on%20economic%20forecasts%20-%20Ben%20Kumar%20interview.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/ben-kumar-dont-waste-time-economic-forecasts) ### [Don’t waste your time on economic forecasts: Ben Kumar interview](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/ben-kumar-dont-waste-time-economic-forecasts) Since the coronavirus crisis started, the papers and internet have been awash with gloomy predictions of “the worst recession in 300 years”. [Life At The Top](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/life-at-the-top) August 4, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Brad%20Waldon%20-%20The%20leadership%20Seven.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/brad-waldon-the-leadership-seven) ### [Brad Waldron: The Leadership Seven](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/brad-waldon-the-leadership-seven) What do successful businesses have in common? The answer is: effective leadership. Without highly effective leaders at every level, the organisations we all.. [Work/Life Balance Issues](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/work-life-balance-issues) July 31, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Home%20working%20post-lockdown.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/home-working-post-lockdown) ### [Home working post-lockdown the opportunities and challenges for business leaders](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/home-working-post-lockdown) A recent survey of Vistage members has revealed that 74% of employers will look to implement more flexible working policies including continued working from.. [Marketing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/marketing) July 21, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Luke_Quilter2.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/are-you-making-the-most-of-digital-marketing) ### [Are you making the most of digital marketing? And if not, should you be worried?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/are-you-making-the-most-of-digital-marketing) Luke Quilter is pretty unequivocal about the need for businesses to embrace digital in the post-COVID era: [Getting Ahead](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/getting-ahead) July 17, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Scenario%20Planning%20for%20busy%20businesses.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/scenario-planning-for-busy-businesses) ### [Scenario planning for busy businesses](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/scenario-planning-for-busy-businesses) Scenario planning is the practice of imagining possible future realities (scenarios), the risks and opportunities each scenario presents, and planning what you.. [Leading, Not Managing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/leading-not-managing) May 4, 2020 [![Leadership in uncertain times](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/The%20importance%20of%20leadership%20during%20uncertain%20times.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/leadership-during-uncertain-times) ### [The importance of leadership during uncertain times](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/leadership-during-uncertain-times) Leadership and crisis have always had a close yet complex relationship. It’s a well-known fact that political leaders’ approval ratings improve during times of.. September 12, 2017 [![joshua-newton-210043.jpg](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/joshua-newton-210043.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/the-millennial-myth-younger-generations-are-not-harder-to-manage) ### [The Millennial myth: Younger generations are not harder to manage](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/the-millennial-myth-younger-generations-are-not-harder-to-manage) August 23, 2017 [![Royal family on balcony-1.jpg](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Royal%20family%20on%20balcony-1.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/5-succession-planning-lessons-from-the-royal-family) ### [5 succession planning lessons from The Royal Family](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/5-succession-planning-lessons-from-the-royal-family) Recent reports reveal that The Queen plans to abdicate in 2021 at the age of 95, leaving her son, Prince Charles, to finally take the reins (and reign) of.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) August 2, 2017 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1532254943-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/Online_Business_Tips.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/3-simple-steps-for-creating-a-culture-of-success) ### [3 Simple Steps For Creating a Culture of Success](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/3-simple-steps-for-creating-a-culture-of-success) Any first year MBA student can write a business plan, and it’ll probably be a good one - in theory. But a business is much more than strategy, numbers and the.. May 25, 2017 [![](https://vistage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-logo_nobadge.png) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/corbyn-or-may-what-type-of-leader-are-you) ### [Corbyn or May: What type of leader are you?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/corbyn-or-may-what-type-of-leader-are-you) Leading the country is not quite the same as running a business, however large - although if Trump’s win in the US is anything to go by, those lines are.. 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