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Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders --- ** # 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 209 Results ## ksimonsen ![ksimonsen](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/8d9bcda628cf6cf7510d6e373e17a702) ### Recent Posts [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 17, 2012 ### [Experts cites common leadership flaws](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/experts-cites-common-leadership-flaws) A bad leader is defined not by the things that they do, but by the things they do not do. That's according to hbr.org writers Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 14, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-58941636.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/employees-not-switching-off-during-holiday-time) ### [Employees not switching off during holiday time](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/employees-not-switching-off-during-holiday-time) A startling two-fifths of employees try to fit in up to three hours' work each day while they are on holiday. According to a poll by workspace provider Regus,.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 3, 2012 ### [More financial education needed for employees](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/more-financial-education-needed-for-employees) Providing financial education to employees could be a firm's ace in the hole after a survey suggests more than half of employees have money worries. Data from.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 2, 2012 ### [Call time on late payments](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/call-time-on-late-payments) Earlier this year, a report compiled by credit agency Graydon and the Forum of Private Business (FPB) revealed that around one in six companies have almost.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) July 31, 2012 ### [Economic Update - August 2012](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/economic-update-august-2012) Leading Economist Roger Martin-Fagg provides his latest Economic Update . Vistage members can access the economic update in full via Vistage Village, please.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) July 27, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-58886210.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/one-in-ten-business-owners-have-considered-surrendering-to-recession) ### [One in ten business owners have considered surrendering to recession](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/one-in-ten-business-owners-have-considered-surrendering-to-recession) The poor economic climate has forced more than one in ten small business owners to consider shutting up shop within the last three months, according to a new.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) July 23, 2012 ### [General management is not sufficient for success, study finds](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/general-management-is-not-sufficient-for-success-study-finds) Businesses are being urged to hire bosses that have worked their way up in an industry, rather than those who are generalists, grapevine.com reports. In these.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) July 19, 2012 ### [Bosses consider work-from-home solutions](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/bosses-consider-work-from-home-solutions) Government authorities are looking to take the biggest steps possible to ensure London's city transport network does not get overcrowded during the Olympic.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) July 17, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-58857736.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/marissa-mayer-unveiled-as-new-yahoo-ceo) ### [Marissa Mayer unveiled as new Yahoo! CEO](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/marissa-mayer-unveiled-as-new-yahoo-ceo) Marissa Mayer has been unveiled as the new CEO of Yahoo! The former Google employee begins her role at the former internet powerhouse today - becoming Yahoo's.. [Mental Health](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/mental-health) July 17, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-58861330.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/managers-suffer-poor-mental-health-as-a-result-of-huge-workloads) ### [Managers suffer poor mental health as a result of huge workloads](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/managers-suffer-poor-mental-health-as-a-result-of-huge-workloads) The stress of a managerial role is causing a huge proportion of British bosses to suffer with mental health issues, according to a new survey. A poll by the.. 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