How to Evaluate Yourself as a Business Leader
In my last article, I posed four difficult questions that every business owner or CEO needs to ask themselves. They are: Who appraises you? Who challenges you? Who guides you? Who replaces you? As you will have noticed, the first three have significant overlaps. The fourth sits apart. So, I will attack the first set […]
Four Difficult Questions Business Owners Must be Prepared to Answer
If you read my articles regularly, you’ll know I’m keen on evolution. Humans have been doing it for 300,000 years and we’re still not getting it quite right. For many businesses, standing still for just a few months might render them extinct! Typically, new businesses are shaped around your product or service idea. Building it, […]
When a Business Leader Needs to Say ‘No’ to New Ideas
The world encourages positivity. We are lauded for accepting new ideas; for trying new things; for experimenting and taking risks. Businesses tend to exist because of people with positive mindsets. Investing in something new and throwing your reputation and future behind an idea requires a sense of optimism. If your default answer is ‘no’, you […]