If you are looking to build a business which you eventually want to sell, what are the things you should be thinking about, almost from day one? In this, the last lesson of the series, Guy Rigby – a chartered accountant, entrepreneur, author, mentor and advisor to dynamic owner-managed businesses – sets out the steps towards a profitable exit
The importance of effective teams
To remain consistently successful, every high performing organization ideally needs a team that works effectively together. In this lesson, Brian MacNeice, an expert on driving improvements in performance focus and culture in high performing organisations discusses the insights that he gleaned into teamwork from looking at the organisations he studied.
The culture of performance
How much do you and your colleagues really get down to discussing your organisation’s performance – is it only at the annual review or the half-yearly appraisal? In this lesson, Brian MacNeice – an expert on driving improvements in performance focus and culture in high performing organisations – discusses the cultural idea of performance.
What are the key ingredients of getting the right team together?
In this lesson, Guy Rigby explains various strategies for putting a team together, that is, once you have made sure you don’t run out of cash.
Engagement is a contact sport
How do you engage in a meaningful way to make it really work? In this lesson, Brian MacNeice, an expert on driving improvements in performance focus and culture in high performing organisations demonstrates that the best leaders do not engage from behind a desk.
What’s the difference between an entrepreneur and a leader?
Are you an entrepreneur or someone who just ‘grows’ into the leadership role? Guy Rigby explains the boundaries of business people’s abilities / responsibilities and elaborates on the Cranfield analogy which is Artisan, Hero, Meddler and Strategist.
Governance and oversight
Governance is necessarily all about bureaucracy and the paperwork. In this lesson, Brian MacNeice, an expert on driving improvements in performance focus and culture in high performing organisations identifies three types of governance; strategic, regulatory and accommodating governance.
What are the keys to raising finance?
Raising finance depends on the type of business, how fast you need to go and whether or not you can grow itself. In this lesson, Guy Rigby explains the various forms of raising finance from family to venture capital – their benefits and shortcomings.
The autonomy of your people
Are your people enabled and empowered to make their own decisions? In this lesson, Brian MacNeice, an expert on driving improvements in performance focus and culture in high performing organisations, discusses creating the environment for staff to make smart decisions about what is the right thing to do at any point in time.
What are the keys to business financial management?
What are the core KPIs that the business leader should be thinking about?
In this lesson, Guy Rigby – a chartered accountant, entrepreneur, author, mentor and advisor to dynamic owner-managed businesses – explains that cash flow, not profit, is the Key Performance Indicator.
