--- title: SME business guides | MD business tools | leadership advice | sgilroy (11) description: The ultimate toolkit for MDs and CEOs. Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (11) --- ** # 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 171 Results ## sgilroy ### Recent Posts [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 15, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-58938121.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/uk-harbours-some-of-the-globes-best-leaders) ### [UK harbours some of the globe's best leaders](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/uk-harbours-some-of-the-globes-best-leaders) UK business leaders are some of the best in the world, brushing shoulders with leaders in Hong Kong and Germany. That's according to a study by SHL, cited by.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 13, 2012 ### [Employers face 'make or break' redundancy situation](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/employers-face-make-or-break-redundancy-situation) A large proportion of British businesses will be forced to make redundancies unless the economy picks up soon, according a new survey. A poll conducted by the.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 10, 2012 ### [Most businesses worried about lack of skilled managers](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/most-businesses-worried-about-lack-of-skilled-managers) New research from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) has discovered that businesses urgently need to do more to 'build the skills of the future'... [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 9, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-58949007.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/baby-bel-a-cautionary-tale) ### [Baby Bel: a cautionary tale](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/baby-bel-a-cautionary-tale) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 9, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-58877295.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/gender-diversity-in-the-boardroom-good-for-business-claims-survey) ### [Gender diversity in the boardroom good for business, claims survey](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/gender-diversity-in-the-boardroom-good-for-business-claims-survey) Companies with women on their board room roster have 'consistently outperformed' those led only by male directors, according to a new survey by the Credit.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 8, 2012 ### [Inflexibility produces stress, reveals survey](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/inflexibility-produces-stress-reveals-survey) Employees who work inflexible hours tend to be more than three times as stressed than those working flexible hours. That's the conclusion of research by the.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 6, 2012 ### [Turning gold into goals](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/turning-gold-into-goals) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) August 6, 2012 ### [Leadership development a factor in success, claims report](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/leadership-development-a-factor-in-success-claims-report) Leadership development, talent management and performance management/rewards have been cited as pivotal areas when it comes to separating the corporate wheat.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) July 26, 2012 ### [Businesses must examine leaders' behaviour, CIPD says](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/businesses-must-examine-leaders-behaviour-cipd-says) Businesses must check their bosses' behaviour to improve workplace culture from the top down, after a survey reveals that two-thirds of employees do not trust.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) July 24, 2012 ### [Is your social media campaign on track?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/is-your-social-media-campaign-on-track) 19th July 2012 | Written by Hannah Atkinson republished courtesy of RETURN ON.DIGITAL Following the success of our webinar on social media: ‘ Is your social.. 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