--- title: SME business guides | MD business tools | leadership advice | sgilroy (2) description: The ultimate toolkit for MDs and CEOs. Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (2) --- ** # 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) February 26, 2013 ### [Vistage 2013 International Conference - Think Big](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/vistage-2013-international-conference-think-big) South East Business Leader Selected As Finalist For Vistage Global Leadership Award Stewart Pope, the Chief Executive at Perrys - a leading accountancy and tax.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 26, 2013 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-60267237.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/survey-finds-smes-performance-hit-hard-by-stress) ### [Survey finds SMEs performance hit hard by stress](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/survey-finds-smes-performance-hit-hard-by-stress) Small business owners are being urged to address any issues that negatively impact employees to prevent any long-term issues, freshbusinessthinking.com.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 26, 2013 ### [Ask yourself- Are you doing everything you can to encourage the right candidate to apply for the right job?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/ask-yourself-are-you-doing-everything-you-can-to-encourage-the-right-candidate-to-apply-for-the-right-job) The process of hiring new staff can often be a long and tedious road for both companies and potential new staff. Businesses often offer job postings that don't.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 19, 2013 ### [Economic Update February 2012](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/economic-update-february-2012) Leading economist Roger Martin-Fagg provides his latest economic update for the Vistage community with his annual update. Open publication - Free publishing [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 14, 2013 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-60062693.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/eight-things-not-to-say-when-you-hear-a-new-idea) ### [Eight things not to say when you hear a new idea](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/eight-things-not-to-say-when-you-hear-a-new-idea) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 13, 2013 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-60058490.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/manage-like-motorhead) ### [Manage like Motorhead](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/manage-like-motorhead) From black swans to freakonomics via the SUMO guy, many business books have an eye-grabbing central motif designed to bring alive the author’s central idea... [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 12, 2013 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-60026780.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/family-businesses-need-more-recognition-claims-expert) ### [Family businesses need more recognition, claims expert](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/family-businesses-need-more-recognition-claims-expert) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 11, 2013 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-60003403.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/let-employees-have-a-voice-claims-cipd-survey) ### [Let employees have a 'voice', claims CIPD survey](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/let-employees-have-a-voice-claims-cipd-survey) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 7, 2013 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-60007186.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/finance-directors-lack-succession-plan-claims-survey) ### [Finance directors lack succession plan, claims survey](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/finance-directors-lack-succession-plan-claims-survey) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) February 6, 2013 ### [Children and families bill to help with work/life balance ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/children-and-families-bill-to-help-with-worklife-balance) New plans from the government suggest parents will be able to pick and choose how they share parental leave to look after their newborn in the first year of.. 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