How do you get an organization to achieve a standard whereby OK is not OK and it’s not just something they say? In this lesson, Brian MacNeice, an expert on driving improvements in performance focus and culture in high performing organisations discusses how these kind of organizations really live their beliefs.
How important is flexibility in a growing business?
In this lesson, Guy Rigby – a chartered accountant, entrepreneur, author, mentor and advisor to dynamic owner-managed businesses – warns of the challenges facing entrepreneurs who are guilty of ‘pushing water uphill’.
KPIs and the importance of measuring the right things
Brian MacNeice discusses why keeping people connected to the measures that really matter, are a really important element of any high performing organization.
How do you manage the pace of growth?
When building a business, people often think that they just need to make as much money as quickly as possible.
In this lesson, Guy Rigby – a chartered accountant, entrepreneur, author, mentor and advisor to dynamic owner-managed businesses – explains that it’s a bit more nuanced than that.
Purpose
In this lesson, Brian MacNeice, an expert on driving improvements in performance focus and culture in high performing organisations, discusses one of the elements that creates the condition for long-term performance advantage over your competitors.
What’s the difference between Business Vision, Strategy and Tactics?
In this lesson, Guy Rigby – chartered accountant, entrepreneur, author, mentor and advisor to dynamic owner-managed businesses – sets out the essentials to building and selling a business.
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’s important in building a business to sell?
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
What are the risks incurred when expanding a company via acquisition?
In this lesson, Guy explains the opportunities but more importantly, the pitfalls involved when buying another company.
What is network thinking?
In this lesson, Guy Rigby explains how Network thinking reflects the modern approach to business (Open, Random and Supportive).