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Last week I was inspired by a children’s book, today I’m inspired by a brilliant artist… more about Picasso at the end of this post. So we started, last week, by reframing the questions we ask of ourselves to create the raw materials for our business strategy the evergreen SWOT.
Why I like SWOT is that not only is it essential in identifying what to take note of in the environment, but it also enables us to identify how we turn what can be a lifeless list into action.… Read more
Energy stocks jumped after the November US election because investors thought new management in Washington would be their ticket to higher pricing. But lets take a look at things from a more detailed perspective?
On the surface, with President Trump promising to reduce the Oil and Gas industry’s regulatory burden and open more federal land and offshore areas to drilling it was clear things would get better. … Read more
Over the past few weeks I have created several posts about the role of the Board of Directors within business. I trust the Labour cartoon from 1911 depicting how they viewed business hierarchy is not so applicable to your business.
The diagram me below, is a neat way of visualising the roles and responsibilities of different levels within a business hierarchy;
In a quick summary format this succinctly describes the functions and responsibilities of the different levels of management within an organization. … Read more
I have probably spent a year of my life just in Board meetings- either as a management attendee or as a Board member. Most of that time was invested usefully, but there were occasional dysfunctional Boards, typically with one Board member causing most of the problems. IN the third in our series about Boards of Directors, I’ve written about unlocking talent within Boards, and explaining what Boards do, here we’ll explore how to select the right Board members.… Read more