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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 95 Results ## Steve Birch ![Steve Birch](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/60b357a180f9469055f4f26bc71d9733) Find me on: ### Recent Posts [Life At The Top](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/life-at-the-top) May 27, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Leadership%20lessons%20from%20the%20credit%20crunch.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/credit-crunch-leadership-lessons) ### [Leadership lessons from the credit crunch](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/credit-crunch-leadership-lessons) As we navigate this period of economic uncertainty we’re bombarded with advice, statistics and all manner of content about how best to cope, how to mitigate.. [Employee Motivation](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/employee-motivation) May 11, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/What%20do%20we%20mean%20by%20company%20culture.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/company-culture-what-do-we-mean) ### [What do we mean by company culture?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/company-culture-what-do-we-mean) The term ‘company culture’ is thrown around a lot. But what does it actually mean? Is it tied to a physical location, or can it be experienced in the kind of.. [Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy) April 27, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/What%20is%20a%20business%20contingency%20plan.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/business-contingency-plan-explained) ### [How to draw up a business contingency plan](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/business-contingency-plan-explained) [Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy) April 7, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/What%20is%20a%20business%20continuity%20plan.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/business-continuity-plan-explained) ### [What is a business continuity plan?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/business-continuity-plan-explained) We’ve all heard the saying ‘fail to plan, plan to fail’. While it rings true in most aspects of life, it’s perhaps most pertinent in business. [Mental Health](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/mental-health) March 30, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Business%20leaders%20-%20we%20need%20to%20talk%20about%20mental%20health.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/mental-health-business-leaders-talk) ### [Business leaders: we need to talk about mental health](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/mental-health-business-leaders-talk) Life at the top can be lonely.. And being in the midst of the greatest public health emergency in modern times can only serve to underline this. [Vistage](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/vistage) March 19, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/How%20executive%20coaching%20helped%20Queen%E2%80%99s%20Award%20winner%20Cloudfm%20reach%20new%20heights.png) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/executive-coaching-helped-cloudfm) ### [How executive coaching helped Queen’s Award winner Cloudfm reach new heights](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/executive-coaching-helped-cloudfm) When Jeff Dewing founded Cloudfm in 2011, his vision was clear: to champion, and demonstrate, transparency, quality and value. [Getting Ahead](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/getting-ahead) March 3, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Five%20telltale%20signs%20your%20business%20needs%20executive%20coaching.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/executive-coaching-signs-your-business-needs-it) ### [Five telltale signs your business needs executive coaching](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/executive-coaching-signs-your-business-needs-it) Executive coaching is something which all businesses can benefit from, at any stage of their journey. Executive coaches help you to see things from a different.. February 21, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Vistage%202020%20business%20priorities%20-%20Customer%20engagement.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-customer-engagement) ### [Vistage 2020 business priorities - Customer engagement](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-customer-engagement) At Vistage, we believe the experience and insight of our members is invaluable. That’s why we conduct regular surveys to better understand the real world.. [Leading, Not Managing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/leading-not-managing) February 14, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Vistage%202020%20business%20priorities%20-%20Leadership.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-leadership) ### [Vistage 2020 business priorities - Leadership](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-leadership) In late 2019, Vistage carried out a survey to better understand business leaders’ priorities across the UK. Over 250 of our members took part, revealing the.. [Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy) February 10, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Vistage%202020%20business%20priorities%20-%20Business%20operations.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-business-operations) ### [Vistage 2020 business priorities - Business operations](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-business-operations) How do we know what the landscape of UK business truly looks like? 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