Leadership – the Ticking Talent Time Bomb by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Forecasts on where the future leaders will come from, and where they will not! Are you worried about the lack of management and leadership talent in your business? You should be. There is an underlying shift in demographics that is […]
VIEW POSTTake Responsibility to Gain Momentum Freeing yourself and others to gain traction and action. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions How often have you waited for work or input from someone else in order to get your work done, or to actually start the process. It’s not your fault you are delayed, but what […]
VIEW POSTDo You Have a Leadership Team or a Leadership Committee? The differences and the impacts of leadership by team and by committees. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Many CEOs and senior leaders in companies with which I have worked with often believe, in all sincerity, that they have a leadership team or executive […]
VIEW POSTThe Management & Leadership Development Imperative Why Management & Leadership Development is a priority and its benefits. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions One of the top issues for CEOs is business growth; however the ability of the business to achieve this growth is being stymied by the lack of suitably skilled staff – […]
VIEW POSTDeciding How to Decide What you need to do before you start the decision-making process by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions We make decisions every day; small ones, big ones, unusual ones, specific or general and those which have become a force of habit. We get so involved in the decision itself that we […]
VIEW POSTThe Art of Setting KPIs How to create KPIs that drive engagement and performance by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. Although this is true many companies don’t know what to measure or, if they do, they don’t know how to establish KPIs. Why is this […]
VIEW POSTThe Challenges of Middle Management by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Why middle-management is essential for business survival and the risks you run of if you lose or alienate them. Middle management. Often described as the ‘backbone’ of the company, they provide the continuity across the business and the key people for getting things […]
VIEW POSTDealing With Your Top Challenges The power of changing your challenges into questions by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Tell me: “What challenges do you face currently?” This is not a rhetorical question, think about it and spend 5-10 minutes writing them down. Do this with your colleagues. As a group define what your […]
VIEW POSTDo You Have the 3 Factors for Organizational Resilience? How to assess and develop your organization’s resilience. *by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Resilience – a word more often abused than used correctly. Resilience often is used to describe strength. Although strength is implied in resilience, it is actually not a trait (a distinguishing […]
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