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Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (13) --- ** # 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 149 Results [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) July 4, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1167626690-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/time_out_of_the_office.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/how-to-achieve-more-without-spending-even-longer-in-the-office) ### [How to Achieve More Without Spending Even Longer in the Office](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/how-to-achieve-more-without-spending-even-longer-in-the-office) How many hours have you worked this week? 40 hours? 60 hours? Rather not think about just how many hours? Nearly a third of UK professionals are now working 50.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) July 2, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1147298881-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/Delegation_tips_for_business_leaders_monkey.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/top-10-tips-for-delegation-how-to-keep-the-monkeys-off-your-back) ### [Top 10 Tips for Delegation – How to Keep the Monkeys Off Your Back](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/top-10-tips-for-delegation-how-to-keep-the-monkeys-off-your-back) Delegation is one of the barriers to growth that we must overcome or risk being swept away by ever increasing demands on our time; diverting our focus away.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 30, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1133080140-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/what_you_need_to_know_from_marketing.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-you-really-need-to-know-from-marketing-at-the-board-meeting) ### [What You Really Need to Know From Marketing at the Board Meeting](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-you-really-need-to-know-from-marketing-at-the-board-meeting) It’s funny. Finance, production and sales present spreadsheets, sometimes in great detail at the board meeting – and then there’s marketing. Marketing is the.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 27, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1113222590-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/ceos_obsession.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/5-things-really-great-business-leaders-obsessed-with) ### [5 Things Really Great Business Leaders Are Obsessed With](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/5-things-really-great-business-leaders-obsessed-with) The principles of business growth are pretty straightforward. Find and fine-tune a formula that works, test that it can scale, and scale it. It all looks so.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 26, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1099056076-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/Stop_hiring_the_wrong_people.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/stop-before-you-hire-another-manager-read-this) ### [Stop! Before You Hire Another Manager Read This](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/stop-before-you-hire-another-manager-read-this) It may be part of a growth strategy, succession or to resolve conflict in a team because the last guy screwed up – but whatever it is, adding a new manager to.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 24, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1086618785-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/Employee_engagement.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/why-you-should-focus-on-interrogating-success) ### [Why You Should Focus on Interrogating Success](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/why-you-should-focus-on-interrogating-success) When we are frustrated it can be very tempting to focus solely on what’s going wrong in our businesses because we want to stop and prevent issues from.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 18, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1038787083-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/The_anti_retirement.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/the-reason-why-im-not-retiring-ever) ### [The Reason Why I’m Not Retiring- Ever](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/the-reason-why-im-not-retiring-ever) I have no intention of retiring. None whatsoever. Even though I have spotted a few grey hairs now (how come you never spot them unit they are fully grown – at.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 12, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1005819147-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/sell_business_decision_making.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-to-do-if-someone-wants-to-sell-your-business) ### [What to Do if Someone Wants to Sell Your Business?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-to-do-if-someone-wants-to-sell-your-business) Next time you get back to your desk and pick up your messages, you may find an unnatural twist to your day. You may find that some someone is trying to make.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 11, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-986429408-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/exploding_myths_of_redudancy.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/7-redundancy-myths-exploded) ### [7 Redundancy Myths Exploded! 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