--- title: SME business guides | MD business tools | leadership advice | Leading, Not Managing (3) description: Leading, Not Managing | 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 91 Results [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) August 26, 2016 [![salford-70454_640.jpg](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/salford-70454_640.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/3-observations-of-business-culture-and-practical-tips-to-overcome-resistance) ### [3 Observations of Business Culture and Practical Tips to Overcome Resistance](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/3-observations-of-business-culture-and-practical-tips-to-overcome-resistance) “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” according to a quote attributed to management guru Peter Drucker. 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[Speakers](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/speakers) August 3, 2016 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/lab-blog/bootstrap/dist/img/logo.png) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/infographic-5-essential-strategies-to-increase-your-return-on-people) ### [[Infographic] 5 essential strategies to increase your return on people](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/infographic-5-essential-strategies-to-increase-your-return-on-people) Discover strategies that will empower your people and have a positive impact on your bottom line. Your people are the most essential part of your business... [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) August 1, 2016 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/lab-blog/bootstrap/dist/img/logo.png) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/be-a-gamechanger) ### [Be a Gamechanger](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/be-a-gamechanger) Why be 10% better, when you could be 10 times better? Gamechangers are disruptive and innovative start-ups and corporates, in every sector and region,.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) July 25, 2016 [![women-1209678_640.jpg](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/women-1209678_640.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/how-can-you-spot-when-teams-are-under-performing) ### [How can you spot when teams are under-performing?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/how-can-you-spot-when-teams-are-under-performing) In this 20 minute video from our Vistage Open Day leadership and strategy expert Jim Alampi shares his original take on Patrick Lencioni's "5 Dysfunctions of a.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) July 8, 2016 [![cocoon-209096_640.jpg](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/cocoon-209096_640.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/transforming-stress-from-cost-to-competitive-advantage) ### [Transforming Stress – From Cost to Competitive Advantage](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/transforming-stress-from-cost-to-competitive-advantage) Almost 8 out of 10 people regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress. The cost of this for employers is around US$300bn every year in stress.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 24, 2016 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/blue-1326154_640.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/why-should-you-encourage-your-employees-to-improve-their-diet-and-nutrition) ### [Why Should You Encourage Your Employees to Improve Their Diet and Nutrition?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/why-should-you-encourage-your-employees-to-improve-their-diet-and-nutrition) While our health is critical to our feeling of wellbeing, so is our diet critical to our health. The 21st Century diet of pre-processed packaged convenience.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) May 27, 2016 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/engine-1222100_960_720.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/cash-and-funding-the-oil-in-your-growth-engine) ### [Cash and Funding; the oil in your growth engine](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/cash-and-funding-the-oil-in-your-growth-engine) Whatever your business, whether it’s commercial or a charity or not-for-profit, if you grow significantly there will be major implications on how you fund the.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) May 21, 2016 [![Finding your purpose](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/coffee-1030971_640.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/how-to-overcome-the-5-challenges-of-scaling-your-business) ### [How to Overcome the 5 Key Challenges of Scaling Your Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/how-to-overcome-the-5-challenges-of-scaling-your-business) The Scale-Up Institute figures quoted in a recent Vistage whitepaper report show that fewer than 4% of all UK start-ups have 10 or more employees 10 years into.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) May 13, 2016 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/coffee-1030971_640.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/finding-your-purpose) ### [Finding Your Purpose](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/finding-your-purpose) As a business professor, students often ask me where they should take their careers in order to have the most impact. 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