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.
The performance gap
How do you create a culture whereby everybody needs to ‘up their game’ all the time? In this lesson, Brian MacNeice, discusses the gap between the best and worst performers.
Standards
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’.
