by DAVID | Jul 21, 2026 | Leadership
Image by Felicity Tai on Pexels How do you turn around a failing multi-million dollar business? One an airline, one a bank. Or a failing SME with a far more modest level of income? You change the strategy that each business had been following. The thinking that led...
by DAVID | Jul 17, 2026 | Leadership
Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash Workloads keep expanding for leaders and managers. There’s so much to do, to get through, to get done. For some leaders and managers, being busy all of the time is a badge of honour. They talk of...
by DAVID | Jul 16, 2026 | Leadership
Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple”Dr. Seuss When it comes to strategy, the searching questions from bosses or boards can appear complicated and downright hard to answer. ...
by DAVID | Jul 1, 2026 | Leadership
Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash Where people gather, there will be, Politics, plotting, unrest and possibly even treachery. There may be laughter and celebrations, too, but don’t count on it. Just ask our soon-to-depart Prime Minister, or...
by DAVID | Jun 3, 2026 | Leadership
Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashManagement is challenging, especially when you don’t have a lot of money to work with. Outside of work, I’m a governor (unpaid) of a primary school in north London. The school has more than five hundred young pupils. Three years...
by DAVID | Apr 14, 2026 | Leadership
Recent research by LinkedIn highlighted something surprising and perhaps worrying for those who own or run businesses. 3,000 employees (out of 10,000) said they would want to be promoted to a managerial position. In other words, 70% would not want a...
