Coaching for leaders in the tech industry
The surprising thing from reading the news about the misbehaviour of RBS is that a structure where RBS have their own property business was not seen to be a recipe for trouble if not disaster. If you have a business, or a department or a division, they need objectives and targets. You can guess that…
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I was reminded of this yesterday by discussions in an all-day meeting planning the future of the organisation. We’re taking a new direction, investing some additional funds and resources to increase and re-shape our marketing so that we can win new business. The meeting yesterday focused on the strategy in the morning, then the tactics…
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Many business advisors bandy around the words “strategic” and “tactical” but for me, the only real difference is the timeframe. There will be times when you have to take a decision to solve today’s problem, but it comes back to haunt you at a later date. It’s a bit like buying something you can’t really…
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Valuing a business is much more of an art form than a science, simply because value, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A business that has immense value to one potential buyer may have very little value, or attraction, to another. Your business manufactures and sells blue widgets. Your competition only has…
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One business I advised had succeeded in winning business in the Ukraine, and this was turning into a significant opportunity. The sales team were getting very excited! The finance team were getting worried – payments were erratic, and very slow. The Ukrainian government had imposed currency controls – you could not pay in “hryvnia” outside…
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