14 Business Lessons From Golf
Golf is a game I love. I am not good at it, but I love the game. It helps me to relax. It also helps me to size up other people. You cannot hide...
Tagged: strategy
Beware of Cost Cutters
About a week ago I heard a friend of mine had been fired as MD of a winery. In addition, the marketing budget of the winery had been cut severely. All of this on...
Strategy aint all that easily implemented!
Over the past few years I have increasingly realized that strategy is not being implemented. I see it in the business world. I read about it in the academic world. I hear about it...
Are you a strategic architect?
I recently had the opportunity to deliver a talk at a conference for teachers on the topic of “Are you a Strategic Architect?” The conference was attended by principals, deputy principals, heads of departments,...
Have Visions become Boring?
It would probably be more correct to say that visions have mostly always been boring! The academics tell us that the purpose of a vision is to provide direction, to create enthusiasm, energy, and...
Profit Model vs Business Model
About 2 weeks ago I read the financial report of one of our larger financial services companies in SA. Both the chairman and CEO of the group, as well as the MD of one...
