Tag Archives: Strategy
Strategy That Works: A Practical Guide For Entrepreneurs, Executives And Managers
Say goodbye to boring annual strategy retreats and pointless strategy documents that fail to grasp the uniqueness of your organisation. With the help of Strategy that Works, your strategy will become your organisation’s culture – applicable, accessible and implementable by all.
In an ideal world, an organisation would be able to predict the future so [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Cheryl Nesbitt, Founder Of Africa’s Biggest Cooking School
For those of you who don’t know who Cheryl Nesbitt is, this interview should make illuminating reading. I have fond memories of sitting in Cheryl’s Cape Town living room back in the first days of Capsicum Cooking School, brainstorming her marketing strategy. Even back then it was apparent that Cheryl’s drive, determination and attention to [...]
The Long And Short Of Black Economic Empowerment
The principles of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment have been in effect in South Africa for a number of years – but are still misunderstood by many business leaders. These leaders see empowerment as giving away shares or as appointing a certain percentage of black managers.
Empowerment is not meant only to serve a small portion [...]
The 5 C’s Of Entrepreneurship: Part 5 “Confidence”
Fear of failure, fear of friends and fear of success are common in our excuses why we don’t perform. We duck and dive and delay the inevitable day when we have to step out into the spotlight and announce to the world that we are either a success – or just an average person who [...]
Poke The Monster In The Eye
There is a tendency towards aggression in business. Take a stroll through Exclusive Books’ business section and check out some of the titles. Winning An Unfair Game, The Art Of War, Winners Never Cheat, Helping People Win At Work… and so on. While being competitive is (in my opinion) an admirable and necessary trait [...]
Brazilian Legend Ricardo Semler Challenges South Africans To ‘Find A Better Way’
Ricardo Semler, CEO of Semco, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering, gave a thoughtful, erudite and provocative talk this morning at the 2011 Discovery Invest Leadership Summit.
Semler believes we’re following ways of doing things that are no longer valid. Maverick and Seven Day Weekend author Ricardo [...]
Business Tip of the Week: Strategy
Know where you make your money. All too often, business owners simply run their ventures from month to month, without ever doing an analysis of what parts are performing best. As long as they’re covering costs, and making a small profit, they never stop to examine which parts of their business make money, and which [...]
Business Tip of the Week: Strategy/Monitoring
Know your early warning signs. Many business owners and managers are too busy working ‘in’ their businesses to take the time to do consistent monitoring of every aspect of their business. When a major crisis or disaster hits, though (like a cash-flow crunch, or the loss of a major customer), they simply cry into their [...]
