--- title: SME business guides | MD business tools | leadership advice | Steve Birch (7) description: The ultimate toolkit for MDs and CEOs. Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (7) --- ** # 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) June 11, 2019 [![How to make better decisions - Sam Reese, Vistage CEO](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/How%20to%20make%20better%20decisions%20-%20Sam%20Reese%2c%20Vistage%20CEO.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/make-better-decisions-sam-reese-vistage-ceo) ### [How to make better decisions - Sam Reese, Vistage CEO](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/make-better-decisions-sam-reese-vistage-ceo) Leadership is about decisions - so much so that a Chief Executive Officer may as well be called a Chief Decision Maker. Yet 60% of executives surveyed by.. [Work/Life Balance Issues](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/work-life-balance-issues) June 4, 2019 [![Who holidays better, US or UK business leaders](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Who%20holidays%20better%2c%20US%20or%20UK%20business%20leaders.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/who-holidays-better-us-uk-business-leaders) ### [Who holidays better, US or UK business leaders?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/who-holidays-better-us-uk-business-leaders) When it comes to the subject of leadership, you’ll find a spectrum of opinions on pretty much every aspect. Apart from one: taking a break. [Family Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/family-business) May 28, 2019 [![Your five year family business succession planning checklist](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Your%20five%20year%20family%20business%20succession%20planning%20checklist.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/five-year-family-business-succession-planning-checklist) ### [Your five year family business succession planning checklist](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/five-year-family-business-succession-planning-checklist) In business there are few greater questions than what comes next. This is especially true in family companies, where work is always personal, despite what.. [Vistage Chair](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/vistage-chair) May 22, 2019 [![Screenshot 2019-05-22 at 15.29.42](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Screenshot%202019-05-22%20at%2015.29.42.png) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/jan-lloyd-benefits-of-being-a-vistage-chair) ### ['I couldn't think of anything I'd rather do' - Jan Lloyd on the benefits of being a Vistage Chair](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/jan-lloyd-benefits-of-being-a-vistage-chair) There’s no such thing as a stereotypical Vistage Chair. The knowledge and experience that make a good Chair can be gained from almost any career path – but the.. [Work/Life Balance Issues](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/work-life-balance-issues) May 21, 2019 [![Take a break - and grow your company](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Take%20a%20break%20-%20and%20grow%20your%20company.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/take-a-break-and-grow-your-company) ### [Take a break - and grow your company](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/take-a-break-and-grow-your-company) What do you do if your business is rapidly growing and work is unrelenting? It’s easy, right? You focus more, you burn the candle at both ends, you work harder.. [Scaleup Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/scaleup-business) May 14, 2019 [![How to write a growth plan like a scale-up business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/How%20to%20write%20a%20growth%20plan%20like%20a%20scale-up%20business.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/scale-up-business-growth-plan-how-to-write) ### [How to write a growth plan like a scale-up business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/scale-up-business-growth-plan-how-to-write) While a start-up business plan sets out a broad, hypothetical overview of operations, finance and projections, a growth plan gives a much more detailed and.. [Work/Life Balance Issues](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/work-life-balance-issues) May 7, 2019 [![Workplace wellbeing initiatives that really work](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Workplace%20wellbeing%20initiatives%20that%20really%20work.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/workplace-wellbeing-initiatives-that-really-work) ### [Workplace wellbeing initiatives that really work](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/workplace-wellbeing-initiatives-that-really-work) What are you doing to improve your employees’ health and wellbeing? April 30, 2019 [![How to create a company where high achievers stick around](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/How%20to%20create%20a%20company%20where%20high%20achievers%20stick%20around.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/create-company-where-high-achievers-stick-around) ### [How to create a company where high achievers stick around](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/create-company-where-high-achievers-stick-around) Do you struggle to attract and retain great employees? [Leading, Not Managing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/leading-not-managing) April 23, 2019 [![The subtle art of letting go - How to loosen your leadership grip](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/The%20subtle%20art%20of%20letting%20go%20-%20How%20to%20loosen%20your%20leadership%20grip.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/how-to-loosen-your-leadership-grip) ### [The subtle art of letting go: How to loosen your leadership grip](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/how-to-loosen-your-leadership-grip) At inception, the business leader is everything to everyone. There are few successful enterprises that haven’t had a strong, visionary leader at their.. [Work/Life Balance Issues](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/work-life-balance-issues) April 10, 2019 [![Tragedy_and_Comedy_(8094737104)](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Tragedy_and_Comedy_(8094737104).jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/bring-yourself-to-work-day-why-you-shouldnt-separate-personal-life-and-work-life) ### [Bring yourself to work day: Why you shouldn't separate personal life and work life](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/bring-yourself-to-work-day-why-you-shouldnt-separate-personal-life-and-work-life) Work is work and home is home. Or so we’re told. From school onwards, we’re taught it’s ‘business, nothing personal.’ To keep things professional and never.. 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