Stephen A Kirk

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Why Sustainability and Why Now?

15th July 2019 By Stephen A Kirk

As individuals, most business leaders buy into the concept that climate change is a real thing; and that the problems are man-made, and we need to change our behaviour to avert the worst consequences of it.   Yet, somehow, when it comes to setting this business strategy, this very real imperative can get lost behind the challenge of responding to immediate market […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles Tagged With: carbon-neutral, Climate changes, CSR, disruptive tech, environmental, high growth business, productivity, Strategy, Sustainability

Why We All Need To Be Disruptive Leaders

3rd April 2019 By Stephen A Kirk

We live in a world of unparalleled change, much of it good (think of the benefits of mobile communications, the internet and advances in food production that have led to a steady reduction in global poverty), but alongside these benefits come real problems (from the changes needed to address climate change through to the more immediate struggle with cyber-security).  As leaders, we all know the dangers of ignoring the changes […]

Filed Under: 21st Century, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: Bureaucracy, disruptive, high growth business, innovation, leader, Leadership, Strategy, technology

Leading change – not as easy as it sounds

10th May 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

Leading Change

Working with businesses on strategy, it is very apparent that the increasing rate of technological change is forcing companies to change themselves more frequently. Yet the existing strategy and planning processes often fail to evolve fast enough. It is also interesting to see how often well organised and successful businesses struggle to implement change. This […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: change, Leadership, Management, Strategy

Strategy development: How technology is changing the process

26th April 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

BI Dashboard

I have recently been working with a number of companies to help them develop their strategies. I have been impressed by the ways in which these entrepreneurial organisations are using technology, not only as part of their businesses, but also as part of the strategy development process. In particular, it is pleasing to see the […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: analytics, business information, business intelligence, M&A, Strategy

Mastering The ‘Dark Arts’ Of Strategy Development

8th February 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

Many businesses, especially, SMEs, see strategy development as something of a “dark art” however, in my experience, it needn’t be….  Whilst it is generally helpful to have plenty of information at the start of the process (market analysis, competitive positioning etc.) the best outputs are generally those that follow a mantra of simplicity and definitely […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: execution, Goals, Mission, objectives, Strategy, Vision

What Makes A Successful Business?

25th January 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

Business People and Success

“ What Makes A Successful Business?”   This is a question that is often discussed when we are working with companies to help develop their strategy. After all, most of us want to know what is the ‘secret sauce’ behind other people’s success! If you search online, you will find a vast amount of (often contradictory) […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: Good to Great, Leadership, Management, Strategy, Success

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Steve Malkin from @ThePlanetMark recommends starting to measure your organisation’s carbon footprint today. Tony Wines from @TurnkeyGroupLtd recommends educating people around the subject of #ESG to help organisations take effective action. https://t.co/AB0JnjA1LE

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Steve Malkin from @ThePlanetMark explains that there are huge business opportunities on the journey towards #NetZero because companies will need to rethink their operations and shift #strategy substantially. https://t.co/NOxOHoU1cR

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Tony Wines from @TurnkeyGroupLtd explains financial institutions are requiring non-financial, #ESG metrics, not just financial reporting, to gain full insight into the health and value of the organisation. https://t.co/IqR9lCCHNb

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