--- title: SME business guides | MD business tools | leadership advice | Steve Birch description: The ultimate toolkit for MDs and CEOs. 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 95 Results ## Steve Birch ![Steve Birch](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/60b357a180f9469055f4f26bc71d9733) Find me on: ### Recent Posts June 16, 2021 [![Generational theory](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Gen%20z.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/new-understanding-of-generational-theory) ### [Leading Gen Z and Millennials requires a new understanding of generational theory](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/new-understanding-of-generational-theory) If generational theory is to be believed, Generation Z and Millennials are very different to the generations preceding them. For business leaders, this means.. [Change Management](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/change-management) May 14, 2021 [![Satellite office](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Satellite%20office.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/satellite-office-to-deal-with-brexit) ### [If you’re thinking about opening a satellite office to deal with Brexit, here’s what you need to think about](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/satellite-office-to-deal-with-brexit) For many UK companies, our split from the European Union is proving to be both logistically challenging and expensive. In response, Anchor Magnets decided to.. [Vistage Members](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/vistage-members) May 5, 2021 [![Brexit side step](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Expand%20overseas.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/german-subsidiary-side-step-brexit-red-tape) ### [This business owner launched a German subsidiary to side-step Brexit red tape](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/german-subsidiary-side-step-brexit-red-tape) Karndean Designflooring are suppliers of luxury vinyl flooring and have been exporting their products from the UK under their sister brand Designflooring to a.. [Vistage Members](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/vistage-members) March 30, 2021 [![Elite sports and leadership](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Elite%20sports-3.png) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/elite-sport-and-business-leadership) ### [What do elite sport and business leadership have in common?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/elite-sport-and-business-leadership) What do elite sport and business leadership have in common? With over 20 years of experience at the highest level of elite sport, Vistage Chair Graeme Thompson.. [Vistage Members](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/vistage-members) March 22, 2021 [![Expanding overseas](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/chuttersnap-aku7Zlj_x_o-unsplash.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/five-considerations-for-expanding-overseas) ### [The top five considerations for businesses expanding overseas](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/five-considerations-for-expanding-overseas) Are you looking for opportunities to expand your business overseas? [Work/Life Balance Issues](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/work-life-balance-issues) January 20, 2021 [![5 workplace wellbeing initiatives to think about in 2019](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/5%20workplace%20wellbeing%20initiatives%20to%20think%20about%20in%202019.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/workplace-wellbeing-initiatives-2021) ### [Wellbeing initiatives for 2021](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/workplace-wellbeing-initiatives-2021) We all know the importance of workplace wellbeing. Over the past five years, employee wellbeing initiatives have gone from ‘nice-to-have’ to becoming a core.. [Getting Ahead](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/getting-ahead) July 9, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/This%20judge%20traveled%2035%2c000%20miles%20to%20understand%20what%20makes%20some%20people%20so%20resilient%20-%20here%E2%80%99s%20what%20she%20learned.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-makes-people-so-resilient) ### [This judge traveled 35,000 miles to understand what makes some people so resilient - here’s what she learned](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-makes-people-so-resilient) As a litigator and a judge, Emma Bell observed up-close how different people had totally different responses to conflict, trauma and hardship. [Life At The Top](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/life-at-the-top) July 3, 2020 [![The Klopp effect - What can business leaders learn from Liverpool’s Champions League-winning manager](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/The%20Klopp%20effect%20-%20What%20can%20business%20leaders%20learn%20from%20Liverpool%E2%80%99s%20Champions%20League-winning%20manager.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/klopp-effect-what-business-leaders-can-learn-from-liverpool-manager) ### [The Klopp effect: What can business leaders learn from Liverpool’s Champions League-winning manager?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/klopp-effect-what-business-leaders-can-learn-from-liverpool-manager) “I had fourth-division feet and a first-division head”, said a younger Jurgen Klopp in the days when he was managing Borussia Dortmund FC. And since his.. [Employee Motivation](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/employee-motivation) June 22, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Can%20leaders%20inspire%20over%20Zoom%20-%20We%20spoke%20to%20an%20ITV%20broadcaster-turned-entrepreneur%20to%20find%20out.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/can-leaders-inspire-over-zoom) ### [Can leaders inspire over Zoom? We spoke to an ITV broadcaster-turned-entrepreneur to find out](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/can-leaders-inspire-over-zoom) Effective communication is central to effective leadership. But what happens when you’re forced to communicate in a way that is new and unfamiliar? [Leading, Not Managing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/leading-not-managing) June 4, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Leading%20from%20a%20distance%20-%20Managing%20yourself%20and%20others%20remotely.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/leading-from-a-distance-managing-remotely) ### [Leading from a distance: Managing yourself and others remotely](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/leading-from-a-distance-managing-remotely) The firefighting should be over. But with the UK into its ninth week of lockdown, businesses are struggling to move beyond panic mode. 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