In my article ‘Can Entrepreneurs Become Too Obsessed? l spoke about the importance of balance. Since that posting I have received a number of questions about achieving balance. I also noted an this article “Why Work-Life Balance Is A Load Of…
Divide, Multiply and Parachute – Which Are Effective for Growth?
A few days ago I received a question from a reader who had seen an article in the Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly titled ‘A clean break: Mike’s Carwash owners reorganise’. The article discusses a local, and obviously well known…
Can Entrepreneurs Become Too Obsessed?
More often that not it is the drive and relentless commitment of a business person that will see their business become a success. It may take years but they stick at it and in the end it all comes together…
Are There Leadership Styles?
A recent article in Fast Company titled “6 Leadership Styles and When You Should Use Them”, made me pause and ask again a question which has crossed my mind before – Are there really different leadership styles that you can…
The Power of Story Telling
Story telling is an untapped power which resides in many of us. In a recent HBR Blog titled the Indispensable Power of Storytelling, anthropologist-turned-entrepreneur Bob Deutsch describes the importance of what he calls “self-story”: There is much to be learned…