--- title: SME business guides | MD business tools | leadership advice | Steve Birch (10) description: The ultimate toolkit for MDs and CEOs. Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (10) --- ** # 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 [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) September 26, 2018 [![Charity begins at home, community begins at work](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Charity%20begins%20at%20home%2c%20community%20begins%20at%20work.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/charity-at-home-community-at-work) ### [Charity begins at home, community begins at work](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/charity-at-home-community-at-work) When it comes to the social and economic wellbeing of local communities, business has a vital role to play. If the people are the lifeblood, SMEs are the.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) September 19, 2018 [![Environmental Profit and Loss (EP&L) - What you need to know](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Environmental%20Profit%20and%20Loss%20(EP%26L)%20-%20What%20you%20need%20to%20know.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/environmental-profit-and-loss-what-you-need-to-know) ### [Environmental Profit and Loss (EP&L): What you need to know](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/environmental-profit-and-loss-what-you-need-to-know) How do you measure business success? While the most obvious metrics are profit or share prices, a societal shift towards sustainability and ethical values.. [Getting Ahead](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/getting-ahead) September 11, 2018 [![Is decision fatigue holding back your business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Is%20decision%20fatigue%20holding%20back%20your%20business.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/decision-fatigue-holding-back-business) ### [Is decision fatigue holding back your business?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/decision-fatigue-holding-back-business) Physical fatigue is easy to spot. You feel it in your bones, you see it in the mirror. Your body aches, you’re exhausted, and you just want to stop and lie.. [Life At The Top](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/life-at-the-top) September 4, 2018 [![Don't be a hero - How the 'superleader' hinders rather than helps business growth](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Don't%20be%20a%20hero%20-%20How%20the%20'superleader'%20hinders%20rather%20than%20helps%20business%20growth.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/superleader-hinders-business-growth) ### [Don't be a hero: How the 'superleader' hinders rather than helps business growth](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/superleader-hinders-business-growth) We live in a hero-worshipping culture; one in which individual strength, success and achievement are held up as ideals to emulate and deify. From film stars.. [Leading, Not Managing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/leading-not-managing) August 28, 2018 [![5 common traits of the best business leaders and how you can work on them](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/5%20common%20traits%20of%20the%20best%20business%20leaders%20and%20how%20you%20can%20work%20on%20them.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/common-traits-best-business-leaders) ### [5 common traits of the best business leaders (and how you can work on them)](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/common-traits-best-business-leaders) What makes a leader truly great? Each year, thousands of books are written on leadership, seminars are attended all over the world and business leaders go in.. [<](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/steve-birch/page/9) [1](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/steve-birch/page/1) [...](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/steve-birch/page/5) [6](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/steve-birch/page/6) [7](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/steve-birch/page/7) [8](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/steve-birch/page/8) [9](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/steve-birch/page/9) [10](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/steve-birch/page/10) ### Subscribe to Vistage Insights X ? ![](https://www.bizographics.com/collect/?pid=8256&fmt=gif) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=3037762&fmt=gif)