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Tag: Delegation

Hoping staff won’t let you down is not a viable delegation strategy

August 17, 2018

By Staff writer

Relinquishing control is not easy. But entrepreneurs?who hand over the reins and master the art of delegation see faster growth and unlock the door to a better work-life balance, writes Barnaby Lashbrooke, founder of Time Etc.

The three golden rules of great business leadership

September 25, 2017

By Staff writer

Why do 40 per cent of UK companies fail” Don?t let it be poor business leadership. Here’s three golden rules that have helped entrepreneur, philanthropist and speaker Greg Secker, founder of Learn to Trade and The Greg Secker Foundation.

How to avoid the scale-up pitfalls successfully

April 27, 2017

By Staff writer

When I started SmartPA in 2011, I wanted to see results straight away. It took me a while to realise that if I wanted to grow the business successfully, I needed substantial time to identify and tackle those pesky scale-up pitfalls.

To PA, or not to PA: Business leaders give their opinion on personal assistants

August 19, 2015

By Hunter Ruthven

With new research suggesting that 70 per cent of CEO’s time could be use better, Real Business quizzed five business heads about personal assistants to find out what value they can add – or if they’re actually necessary at all.

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