--- title: SME business guides | MD business tools | leadership advice (3) description: The ultimate toolkit for MDs and CEOs. Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (3) --- ** # 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 979 Results December 9, 2021 [![Steve McNulty](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Steve%20McNulty.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/esg-and-sustainability-for-smes) ### [What does a focus on ESG and sustainability mean for SMEs?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/esg-and-sustainability-for-smes) Steve McNulty knows a thing or two about ESG and sustainability. As well as being a Vistage Chair - both in the UK and the US - he describes himself as a.. [Speakers](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/speakers) November 29, 2021 [![Marketing success](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/MArketing%20success-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/stable-table-for-growth) ### [Do you have a stable table for growth? By Bryony Thomas](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/stable-table-for-growth) Imagine trying to tap dance whilst juggling plates. Tricky, right? Now imagine trying to do this on a table with wobbly legs. Trickier still? [Recruitment](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/recruitment) October 19, 2021 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Supply%20chain.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/recruitment-challenges) ### [Business leaders face supply chain disruption and recruitment challenges](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/recruitment-challenges) In Q2 2021, SME CEOs were more confident in the UK economy than they had been in the last two years. October 6, 2021 [![Robin Speculand](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Robin%20Speculand.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/digital-transformation-how-to-succeed) ### [Why companies fail at digital transformation - and how to succeed](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/digital-transformation-how-to-succeed) Imagine that everyone in your organisation has been summoned for the town hall meeting. The CEO walks onto the stage. The music starts to play, and he turns to.. September 29, 2021 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Hybrid%20working.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hybrid-working-considerations) ### [Why successful hybrid working requires leadership, empathy and creativity](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hybrid-working-considerations) 83% of attendees at a recent Vistage webinar expected to work in a hybrid way – both remotely and in the office – over the next 12 months. Bringing employees.. August 27, 2021 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/AdobeStock_359863960.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/does-your-marketing-support-healthy-sales-flow) ### [Does your marketing support healthy sales flow?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/does-your-marketing-support-healthy-sales-flow) By Bryony Thomas, Author & Founder, Watertight Marketing. August 23, 2021 [![Confidence index](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/AdobeStock_229341330.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/ceo-confidence-index-q2-2021) ### [A positive outlook with Vistage’s Q2 2021 CEO Confidence Index](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/ceo-confidence-index-q2-2021) The Vistage Confidence Index is a quarterly analysis of data collected from over 200 CEOs of small to medium-sized businesses. We look at their overall.. [Leading, Not Managing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/leading-not-managing) July 26, 2021 [![England manager Gareth Southgate](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/habib-ayoade-PZ8lyg_c-pk-unsplash.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/learn-from-southgate) ### [What can business leaders learn from England manager Gareth Southgate?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/learn-from-southgate) “Looking at that man there it’s everything a leader should be: respectful, humble, tells the truth, genuine. He’s fantastic.” This praise for England men’s.. [Recruitment](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/recruitment) July 23, 2021 [![Recruiting talent war](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Talent%20war.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/war-for-talent) ### [How to win the upcoming war for talent](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/war-for-talent) All signs are pointing towards a recruitment boom in 2021. Our latest Vistage Confidence Index found that 70% of CEOs are planning to increase their workforce.. [Getting Ahead](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/getting-ahead) July 16, 2021 [![Confidence growth](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Business%20growth.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/increased-confidence-growth) ### [How to prepare your business for increased confidence and growth](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/increased-confidence-growth) Our latest Vistage Confidence Index showed that 76% of CEOs expect economic conditions to improve during the next 12 months. Revenue growth expectations have.. 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