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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 979 Results [Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy) August 13, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Don%E2%80%99t%20waste%20your%20time%20on%20economic%20forecasts%20-%20Ben%20Kumar%20interview.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/ben-kumar-dont-waste-time-economic-forecasts) ### [Don’t waste your time on economic forecasts: Ben Kumar interview](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/ben-kumar-dont-waste-time-economic-forecasts) Since the coronavirus crisis started, the papers and internet have been awash with gloomy predictions of “the worst recession in 300 years”. [Life At The Top](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/life-at-the-top) August 4, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Brad%20Waldon%20-%20The%20leadership%20Seven.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/brad-waldon-the-leadership-seven) ### [Brad Waldron: The Leadership Seven](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/brad-waldon-the-leadership-seven) What do successful businesses have in common? The answer is: effective leadership. Without highly effective leaders at every level, the organisations we all.. [Work/Life Balance Issues](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/work-life-balance-issues) July 31, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Home%20working%20post-lockdown.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/home-working-post-lockdown) ### [Home working post-lockdown the opportunities and challenges for business leaders](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/home-working-post-lockdown) A recent survey of Vistage members has revealed that 74% of employers will look to implement more flexible working policies including continued working from.. [Marketing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/marketing) July 21, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Luke_Quilter2.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/are-you-making-the-most-of-digital-marketing) ### [Are you making the most of digital marketing? And if not, should you be worried?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/are-you-making-the-most-of-digital-marketing) Luke Quilter is pretty unequivocal about the need for businesses to embrace digital in the post-COVID era: [Getting Ahead](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/getting-ahead) July 17, 2020 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Scenario%20Planning%20for%20busy%20businesses.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/scenario-planning-for-busy-businesses) ### [Scenario planning for busy businesses](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/scenario-planning-for-busy-businesses) Scenario planning is the practice of imagining possible future realities (scenarios), the risks and opportunities each scenario presents, and planning what you.. [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. [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.. 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