How Business Owners should start Looking at the Bigger Picture
When you own a business, it is very easy to get caught up in the small intricate details of running …
Tag: Decision Making
Leading through a crisis: Passing the acid test of management
Steering an organisation through its worst days is the acid test of leadership. A failure to say or do the right things during a crisis can result in significant damage.
Financial leadership: Getting behind the numbers
By Staff writer
How would you define financial leadership?A simple, but a highly important question, yet it is one many finance directors (FDs) struggle to answer.
Can I sleep on it The impact of sleep on decision making
By Staff writer
On 28 January 1986, the NASA space shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, causing the death of all its crew members. An official report, published the same year, highlighted the decision making errors made by key individuals as a result of sleep loss and early shift-work.
Senior directors feel workplace anxiety ten times per month
?Directors tend to be thought of as confident,” a Harvard Business Review report claimed. After all, they routinely make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. But that doesn’t mean they?re impervious to workplace anxiety.
Study reveals why brand strategy deserves a larger role in M&A
By Staff writer
Executive director Nick Cooper share insights from Landor’s recent study, discussing what it says about today’s M&A market and the role of brand strategy.
Four winning habits to bring back to work after the Summer holidays
We all come back from work with good intentions, but our goals can quickly go out the window. So be deliberate in how you want to achieve success by taking these winning habits on board.
An appetite for trusted information easily sated by consumer-generated content
By Staff writer
As products gain depth and promise more benefits, greater claims are made from manufacturers and retailers. People, of course, want to be informed so as to make the best choices. But in whom will they place their trust” That’s where consumer-generated content comes in.
Jeff Bezos letter to shareholders on the Amazon way of business offers pearls of wisdom
In his most recent letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos, the boss of ecommerce giant Amazon, details areas of obsession which will lead you to success.
Making business decisions Is gut instinct extinct?
By Staff writer
Decisions are the perennial facet of the human psyche should I or shouldn?t I” While the consequences of making a poor sandwich or movie choice are relatively immaterial, the wrong business decisions could have significantly worse implications.