You may have heard of the term zero-based budgeting. The basic thesis is to look at your business through the eyes of a start up. If you were starting today from scratch, what would you spend money on? Costs creep on over time and before you know it your business is...
In the month of October we’ve been holding some very intensive CEO workshops. Before we address these audiences we look at their web sites. This post is about that review. It wasn’t pretty. To transform your vision into a remarkable business you need to...
As the CEO of a business you will suffer some or even most of these symptoms. You could be flat lining on the sales front or aggressively growing but if you notice these symptoms you’re probably not scaling. If you are not scaling then you are not building a...
Results are all that matters. A CEO’s tenure, sell by date, runway is highly dependent on results. $1Bn in revenue, pre revenue start up and everything in between, it all comes down to performance. Leadership of any entity can be a lonely place. How can the CEO...
Margaret Heffernan last week highlighted 3 key entrepreneurial characteristics that the great man admires and looks to see in people he does business with. Energy, Intelligence and Integrity. Let’s look at all three and what we at TPP believe they mean...
The Harvard Business Review published a great article last month based on Gallup’s latest – State of the American Workplace. One of the shocking conclusions – 67% of Americans have been disengaged at some level over the last 12 years! This blog post...