Thinking strategically is an acquired skill and one that all leaders must master if their businesses are ever to be truly successful. Active Knowledge Question: How do you develop the strategic thinking capability of your leadership team? One…
My Customer’s Customer, Is My Customer – And A Lot More.
Bring any team of senior managers together and ask them who their customers are and you will usually discover a multitude of answers. But any weakness in the clarity and focus on who your business’s real customers are will significantly…
Seeding Your Start-up With Competitiveness
The success of any business comes down to its ability to compete effectively in its market. But that competitiveness does not turn on the product or service that it sells but rather the competitive engine that is built within that…
Profiteering By Big Business – Whose Fault Is It?
Around the world today big business is in trouble with regulators and their customers for ‘not doing the right thing’ and being too focused on profit at all costs. This is not isolated to any one country or industry, and…
The 3 Levels Of Real Business Growth
If you seriously want your business to be successful over an enduring period, then you must understand and energise the catalysts of real growth. What stage of growth is your business at now? Active Knowledge Questions: Do you have a…