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Why we need reminding of life’s simplest lessons

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What makes an Awesome Team?

I am indebted to Mark Fritz, a regular speaker with ACE,  for sending me this link from Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner. A concise [<5 minutes] and eloquent talk about what makes an Awesome Team. It is uncanny how often and … Continue reading

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Creating an agile and strategic business

Yves Doz, the Solvay Chaired Professor of Technological Innovation at INSEAD, shares strategic tips on transforming a business from a short-term creature of habit into a flexible and agile success. In 2004, Yves Doz was approached by Mikko Kosonen, the … Continue reading

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Economic Update from Roger Martin Fagg, ACE Speaker

“Confidence” and “Optimism”  These are the current go to phrases for the Government and media alike, but I would like to make an objective assessment of where we are and make a subsequent informed guess as to how next year … Continue reading

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Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

I heard this quote [by Carl Jung] for the first time at a recent conference and it epitomised for me what The Academy for Chief Executives is all about. Whether it is the insights from a steady stream of world-class … Continue reading

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The Power of 1-2-1 – or how to avoid head butting an individual tree, while looking at the woods!

Within the Academy for Chief Executives we tend to talk about “1-2-1” ‘s rather than Coaching or Mentoring. I was struck recently by the power of 1-2-1 from a couple of directions simultaneously! First through some contact with the Growth … Continue reading

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CEO’s – Take your brain to the spa once a month!

Sarah joined her first Academy group in the spring of this year, but believes that the investment in her membership is already paying dividends. “In an owner-managed business it’s all too easy to get into working in the business rather … Continue reading

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The Board you could never afford, as an SME owner manager.

One of the most valued activities of an Academy for Chief Executives peer group is “The Board” where members  discuss “whats on their mind”. The list from last months meeting was: Possible MBI opportunity DIY website but lacking know how … Continue reading

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Speaker Line-Up for May, June, July 2013 for the CEO Group, Bristol, Bath, Swindon

May 16th at Hollywood House [Cribbs Business Centre] Gordon Bromley led the Tropicana UK Fruit Juice business from start up in 1991 to revenues of over £150m p.a. by 2004. A self diagnosed “business performance junkie”, Gordons’ presentation touches on … Continue reading

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Social Media Marketing Links

One of the take away values from our amazing Marketing day with Grant Leboff at this month’s CEO Forum, a joint meeting of ACE47 and EB15, was the following list of links: Useful Websites http://timely.is/#/ – automate Tweets https://www.socialoomph.com/ – … Continue reading

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