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’.
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.
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).