by Ian Kaye | CFO / FD, Project Management
Acquiring a business takes a lot of planning, often weeks, if not months or years of negotiation (both formal and informal). A substantial period of due diligence, the period in which you get a closer look at your targets books is the first time you get behind the...
by Ian Kaye | Business Start-up and Growth, CFO / FD, Project Management
I was at the three day National Achievers Congress over July 2nd-4th. There were 15+ speakers over the three days, Tony Robbins opened with a 4 hour extravaganza and it closed with Sir Richard Branson being interviewed by Michael Burke. Sir Richard came onto the...
by Ian Kaye | Business Start-up and Growth, Project Management
This is a summary of an article by Mckinsey the Management Consultancy; the findings of their research with 100’s of CEOs. Below is a summary of the three steps to building a stronger, more effective top team. 1. Get the right people on the team . . . and the wrong...
by Ian Kaye | Project Management
(This is the second in a series of articles inspired by the book Why teams don’t work by Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley) Change causes uncertainty, and uncertainty can cause angst and negative feelings. Managing change well involves putting at ease the concerns...
by Ian Kaye | Project Management
The ideas of this article were principally taken from the book why teams don’t work by Harvey robbins and michael finley At work we are in teams all the time, on-going monthly cycles in finance, preparing for a big marketing exhibition or perhaps a longer-term...
by Ian Kaye | Project Management
A project sponsor is normally the projects most senior supporter within an organisation the person that is hopefully championing the project from within the executive team. If the project is large and taking substantial company resources, be that financial, people or...
