Trust and Leadership
Common sense and scientific research make it clear people are more productive when they feel good. What can leaders do to make people feel better?
Oct 05, 2021•5 min
Recharge on Air with Alan Hargreaves
Take 5 minutes with Alan Hargreaves to step outside your business model, your career or your startup idea and check that you've got all bases covered. Are you optimising what you've got? Growth, in both business and life, is about momentum. This podcast will help you maintain it.
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Episodes
The View from the Air
Managers often encounter challenging times when it all seems too complicated. Try taking an imaginary helicopter ride. Climb out of the crowded view inside your head and take in the entire landscape. It can be calming and insightful.
Jul 27, 2021•4 min
The Hybrid Opportunity
The hybrid business model can appear confronting, yet it opens the door to a more agile operating style. Rather than a hindrance, see it as an opportunity to build flexibility, boost productivity and cope with a rapidly changing landscape.
Jun 29, 2021•4 min
The Plus Side of the Pandemic
Difficult as it has been, the pandemic introduced a level of urgency that accelerated change. It has reminded us of the importance of taking action. Try keeping your foot on the gas. There is still plenty to do.
May 03, 2021•4 min
Stakeholders Vs Shareholders
Strategies which embrace stakeholder interests have often been seen as an enemy of shareholders value. That might be changing as the pandemic forces faster innovation in work practices and business tactics.
Jan 19, 2021•5 min
What can we learn from the FAANGS?
The share prices of stocks like FB, Apple, Amazon, Netflix or Google trade at prices way above traditional values. Even if this is not a sustainable phenomenon, their performance dramatically emphasises the power of focusing on long term value versus short term profitability.
Nov 25, 2020•5 min
Virtually Coping
The surge in online connection and virtual workspaces will not go away when Covid does. What's good about that? What are the problems? What can we do about them?
Aug 24, 2020•5 min
What's Next?
The Covid crisis has supercharged changes that were already underway. The pandemic may end, but things will be different on the other side. What are you going to do about it?
Jul 21, 2020•5 min
Surviving Recessions
Recessions present challenges and opportunities. Use the urgency to create change; take advantage of the uneven impact; return financial management to front and centre.
May 12, 2020•5 min
The Covid Learning Curve
Few leaders have stepped up as ideal role models in the coronavirus crisis. What can we learn from their failures?
Mar 26, 2020•5 min
Letting People Go
Terminating an employee can be confronting. How to do it properly.
Jan 14, 2020•4 min
Old Rules for New Startups
Commercial principles don’t change with time, place or technology. Business is still about supply, demand and customer connection.
Nov 07, 2019•5 min
Handling Difficult People
When dealing with difficult individuals, stick to the commercial facts. If you want to find a solution, focus less on the person and more on your management responsibilities.
Sep 16, 2019•5 min
Shopping for Change
Worried about maintaining business momentum? To keep moving, start by asking yourself three simple questions.
Jul 28, 2019•5 min
Playing to strengths
For real progress, building on a strength beats fixing a weakness. Find out what you are good at and do more of it.
Jun 27, 2019•5 min
Recessions Revisited
No recession does not mean no tough times. Regardless of the economic outlook, carry out a regular health check if you want to maintain resilience and growth.
May 22, 2019•4 min
Ode to the disrupted
The life cycle of any business means means different strategies for incumbents and start-ups. Although there's an array of tactical options, there is no guarantee that any will be successful.
Apr 08, 2019•5 min
Horses for Courses
Outsourcing is often the best way to manage parts of your business. Sometimes it's the best way to manage most of it.
Feb 25, 2019•5 min
Feeling apprehensive? That’s good
Confidence is a great strength but it works best when it embraces uncertainty. Rather than deny risk, the most effective advice — to colleagues or customers — accommodates the chance of error and manages it.
Jan 15, 2019•5 min
Start Simply
Simple rules underwrite a successful business. Drill down into basic commercial principles to find solutions.
Oct 24, 2018•5 min
Why ‘We’ works better than ‘I’
Want to lift your performance, boost teamwork, lower stress and get better business results? Try using ‘We’ instead of ‘I’.
Apr 26, 2018•4 min
The case for agnostic management
In times of rapid change, don’t rely on established beliefs. You may think your strategy will work, but look for reasons why it won’t.
Feb 15, 2018•5 min
The Power of the Near-Deadline Experience
Accountability mobilises the constructive use of some positive anxiety. People are more likely to meet deadlines when they know someone is watching.
Dec 12, 2017•5 min
Copy and paste
Business expansion into new markets means doing what you do well somewhere other than where you are doing it now. Success depends on unique advantages. The specific strengths of your own business model will guide you to where the best opportunities lie.
Sep 25, 2017•5 min
Spotting Opportunities
Diversity is not a simple matter of politics. We need it to survive and grow.
Aug 21, 2017•5 min
The trouble with Big Wins
Basking in success can come at a cost. Top performers think less about how good they are and more about how much better than can be.
Jun 20, 2017•4 min
The Strategic Enema
To keep your strategy agile, unload a range of alternative futures. You may not need them, but you'll be ready if you do.
Apr 12, 2017•4 min
Successful addictions
Developing a loyal customer base means helping your customers use your product or service. Make them easy to access and easy to use.
Mar 16, 2017•4 min
What else is in the shed?
Two questions can help you cope with disruption. If you wanted to disrupt yourself, how would you do it? If you wanted to do something different with what you've got, what could you do?
Feb 13, 2017•4 min
Coping with cycles
Just about everything in business is cyclical. Get used to it. Work with it.
Jan 26, 2017•4 min
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