Two businesses can turn over the same money in the same year and be worth entirely different amounts, and the reason usually has very little to do with the year in question. Business value is a measure of what a company will be able to produce in the years ahead, which means it is built out of three things: customers who keep buying and will accept a fair price; capability that sits in the organisation and not in a…
Most people have never heard of the VCSE sector, yet in Gloucestershire it employs over 15,000 people and turns over £1.2 billion a year. Matt Lennard, CEO of the Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance, explains why he'd rename it "the prevention sector", why small charities are closing at a rate he's never seen, and why the best thing your business can give isn't a cheque - it's a trustee.…
Premiere Kitchens, a Gloucester based kitchen manufacturer, has invested £5 million in new manufacturing equipment after leadership development with QuoLux™ helped double the company's profitability in two years. Last week it unveiled a £5m investment in its Gloucester factory that…
There's a question every leader should ask their team, but most won't: "Do you feel safe disagreeing with me?" Not "Can you disagree?" (most people technically can). But do they feel safe doing it? Will they speak up when they think you're wrong, or will they stay quiet and let you walk into a bad decision?…
The right leadership development programme for a Small-Medium Business (SMB) matches three things at once: the scale of your decisions, the way your people learn best and the business outcomes you can already name. …
Most leaders think they are good listeners. In practice, very few are. And that is worth understanding, because it shapes everything that follows. We are taught to read, write and…
We asked our own CEO, Dr Stewart Barnes, to write a long-read piece on Strategic Planning for Small-Medium Businesses (SMBs), sharing the steps and framework needed for…
Two-thirds of UK firms don’t have a business plan, which might lead many to think if they’re doing fine, why bother? Imagine how much better they could do if they knew where they’re going.…
