Pass the reins, not the pain! Succession Planning for your business … Business owners all have something in common: accepting that you cannot run your businesses forever. What do you want for yourself and your business? Have you considered all of the options? Will your business be ready for you to leave when the time […]
Celebrating Success, Succession and Enterprise
Mentoring – “a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction” … Since September 2018, Nikki and Natalie have been working closely with Henry Box school in Witney, in their new capacity as Enterprise Advisers. Last week saw the new Mentoring Programme for year 12 students come to life, with […]
Be a proud West Oxfordshire business and celebrate your success!
This year marks the 9th year of the prestigious West Oxfordshire Business Awards. The WOBAs are a celebration of business across West Oxfordshire, recognising the most successful businesses and bringing the whole business community together. We are delighted to announce that we are sponsoring this year’s Charity Award and that two members of our team, […]
A purpose driven business
The previous Blog in our series on innovation I told my own painful lesson on the critical importance of culture and values. Without a clearly understood set of values your business will be at risk in times of significant stress. For business owners planning for your succession this is key to growth. As we toiled […]
EMI becomes oh my….
So, as a nice Easter treat for us all, HMRC announced on 4th April that EMI schemes would lose their tax-advantaged status after 6th April 2018. Nothing (really, nothing!) like providing advanced notice on that one… Why is this? In order to maintain their tax-advantaged status EMI schemes require EU State Aid approval. The current […]
Our next succession planning workshop – 1st May!
As business owners we all have something in common: we have to accept that we cannot run our businesses forever. What do you want for yourself and your business? Have you considered all of the options? Will your business be ready for you to leave when the time comes? Our succession planning workshops offer an […]
Our next succession planning workshop – 13th February!
As business owners we all have something in common: we have to accept that we cannot run our businesses forever. What do you want for yourself and your business? Have you considered all of the options? Will your business be ready for you to leave when the time comes? Our succession planning workshops offer an […]
Psychological Safety in the Workplace by Amy Edmondson (abridged by Rod Willis of Assentire Ltd)
In a series of guest blogs, we aim to share with you some valuable insights from local industry professionals. The first? A blog by Rod Willis, of Assentire Ltd, explaining how psychological safety in the workplace can affect your business and your team… Psychological Safety by Amy Edmondson Psychological Safety in the workplace: if you […]
Time to forget Cowboy and Indian thinking..?
Native Americans have a wise philosophy: the good practice of walking in someone else’s moccasins if you want to try to understand the world from that person’s perspective. The importance of this “out of body” thinking came to mind in two meetings with business owners one day after the other. Both owners were very keen […]
Our next succession planning workshop!
As business owners we all have something in common: we have to accept that we cannot run our businesses forever. What do you want for yourself and your business? Have you considered all of the options? Will your business be ready for you to leave when the time comes? Our succession planning workshops offer an […]
