Why are so many UK companies just giving up hope of growth? Giving up on their chance for business success now? Why do CEOs believe their companies cannot grow if the UK economy is not good? The other day a very senior Manager in one of the UK’s largest banks told me. “There is no […]
On pain, business success and becoming unstoppable
Yesterday I met a Managing Director whose company grew at 1% last year. Like most companies today, she thinks that that is all she can expect “in this economy.” Yet she asked “Some companies are growing far faster than that- how do they do it?” I call them the “one percent”. There are businesses out […]
Silo thinking will stop business growth dead
I have been lucky enough to work for some of the world’s largest companies. It always amazes me how senior management bemoan how their teams work separately, in silos, yet do not realise this problem comes directly from them and kills business growth. It also concerns me that they do not do whatever it takes […]
Unless you are customer centric your business will not grow
It is amusing how many companies tell me they are really customer centric. Strangely, when we do some analysis, which always shows that this is not the case, they are then quick to see their claim was incorrect. All the fast growth companies we track have several things in common. One thing they are all […]
Rollover – Hotdogs, a business success? Really?
David Sangar, when he was Managing Director of Rollover, fell into hotdogs. He had totally other plans for the business. Yet strangely, thanks to hotdogs, he ended up being far more successful and becoming a multi millionaire. David started the business by setting up sandwich shops. Then a pub coerced him into supplying them with […]