Change – Why is it so difficult?
September 21st, 2018 // 11:29 am @ Mark Hamilton
Almost every board I interact with talks enthusiastically about the need for change, yet few of them actually deliver change. Why do they find it so difficult? The steps to implementing change are essentially very simple, have a clear strategy, build a structure to deliver that strategy, and get the right people to implement the […]
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Making An Acquisition Work
July 30th, 2018 // 2:36 pm @ Mark Hamilton
I have discussed in a previous post the need for a strong commercial logic behind any acquisition, but even those with strong logic often fail due to poor implementation. I have undertaken many acquisitions and sales across Europe and North America, and in my experience people underestimate the sheer workload involved in a successful acquisition, […]
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Acquisition – Strategies that Work
July 30th, 2018 // 1:04 pm @ Mark Hamilton
The majority of Acquisitions do not with hindsight reach the goals set for them, and the first stage in a successful acquisition is to have a sound strategic logic, vague objectives such as “International Scale” or “Market Share” do not normally lead to a successful acquisition. Good strategical cases for acquisitions include: Improving the Performance […]
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Brexit – The Outcome?
July 30th, 2018 // 11:09 am @ Mark Hamilton
The Brexit negotiations rumble on, but as the date for British departure looms closer, it seems the UK government and the EU have still not found common ground on even the principles of a deal. To try and assess what will happen it is worthwhile to look at the UK electorates expectations, the reality of […]
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Confused Leadership
July 2nd, 2018 // 4:19 pm @ Mark Hamilton
Leadership, it is difficult to define, but one knows when one see’s it, and all successful business’s have strong leadership. Leadership is best defined as the ability to influence others, but when executed properly it goes beyond that. True leaders sell a vision of the company and where it is going, and build a confidence […]
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The Joy of Email
June 7th, 2018 // 12:50 pm @ Mark Hamilton
The ubiquitous email has quietly taken over our lives, the speed and volume of communication has increased significantly, sadly the quality has fallen. We simply do not spend the time on an email that we would on a letter, and there is an emotional pressure to clear our inbox as fast as possible, and the […]
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What is “Shareholder Value”
May 29th, 2018 // 7:00 pm @ Mark Hamilton
It sounds like a simple question, but as businesses have developed, how to add shareholder value has become a more complicated question. Traditionally one made profits and paid them in dividends to shareholders, this simple model is no longer necessarily relevant. It is critical to any company that it understands what drives it’s shareholder value, […]
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The Managerial Power of a Budget
May 23rd, 2018 // 2:53 pm @ Mark Hamilton
The budget and the process that creates it can be one of the most powerful business tools a company has, but it is too often seen as an administrative process that holds no power to influence how a company develops, and is treated accordingly. The budget can turn a strategy into a working operational plan, […]
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Discrimination, Why?
January 12th, 2018 // 2:28 pm @ Mark Hamilton
Discrimination continues to blight our society and our business’s, whether it is sexual, racist, sexuality or any other difference; we continue to discriminate against each other. It is socially unacceptable to talk about this but it lies just below the surface as Donald Trump has so clearly demonstrated in recent days. The damage done by […]
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How Bannon Lost Trump
January 8th, 2018 // 11:28 am @ Mark Hamilton
Steve Bannon has initiated a very public conflict with Donald Trump. Mr. Bannon is a politically astute operator, who will have known exactly the public interest in the comments he made to Michael Wolff, for his new book “Fire and Fury”. The question that comes from his actions is how could two people so closely […]
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