There so much uncertainty following the EU referendum result. The sands are shifting. The pound is stronger now and the FTSE is doing well. PWC have claimed that the UK’s financial centre will become a real powerhouse. Manufacturing had a stronger quarter than it has in a couple of decades. I also hear that some industries, […]
Did you follow Leicester City and their progress to the number one spot in the Premier League? Did you wonder if your business could achieve a similar coup? Have your business results been in the same league …. or is it time to show exactly what your company is capable of? Like many women I […]
Is it time to make faster business progress? Could your leadership actually be part of the problem? Have you had enough of mediocre results or peaks and troughs that make it so hard to move forward? Recently, I have met a startling number of business people who are tearing their hair out because the leadership […]
Does it frustrate you that your business is not doing better than it is? That you have not managed to increase sales as much as you feel you should? Do you wake up in the night wondering why not? Well your business undoubtedly has the potential to increase sales considerably…… and it can be soul destroying […]
An employee said: “Our company is just bobbing along, going nowhere fast. We have lost business momentum.” This comment really resonated with me because it seems to describe so many firms. Are you happy with your business results? 2,921 companies in the UK alone grew at 15% or more over each of the past 3 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In most companies I get to know, their people pull in different directions. Its starts from the leadership team downwards. As a result MD’s ask me “Why are my staff not more committed? Why is productivity not higher?” Businesses do not realize that THE no. 1 thing is to get everyone pulling in the same […]
Imagine this business growth analogy: A 50 foot high water pipeline. It takes a huge amount of effort to pump water up to the top. Then imagine that the pipeline bends horizontally and, because of many leaks, most of the water leaks straight back out again! Would you not be appalled? What a ridiculous waste. […]
