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Due Diligence Drives People Strategy
Written by John Berry on 1st May 2017. Revised 25th March 2020.
7 min read
One popular outcome for directors of a profitable firm in a buoyant market is to go for a buy out – selling the firm as a going concern. The buyer will use any identified risks as argument to reduce the offer price. And here's how.
Increasing productivity though people and technology
Written by John Berry on 11th December 2017. Revised 25th March 2020.
1 min read
French workers generate the same wealth as British workers but in a 32-hour week rather than the British 36-hour week. Managers are generally under pressure to improve their firms. So there's no question about whether or not managers should invest. It's just a question of where - in people or machines?
Six ways to avoid hiring square pegs for round holes
Written by Sue Berry on 7th February 2018. Revised 25th March 2020.
6 min read
Perhaps you employed someone and you later found that they don't quite meet the role requirements; they somehow don't fit. Or, you moved someone into a new role and they just didn't perform as well as they used to. Here's how to avoid such mismatch between the person and the job.
Raising SME Manager Skills
Written by John Berry on 1st May 2017. Revised 25th March 2020.
5 min read
Management is a science. Few managers – accidental or otherwise - would dispute that claim as they struggle to motivate their staff. Management is non-obvious and must be learned. Here's a discussion about approaches.
Industrial Strategy Boosting Technical Skills
Written by John Berry on 1st May 2017. Revised 25th March 2020.
4 min read
Theresa May has announced that the UK is going to counteract the effects of Brexit by launching an industrial strategy. This strategy is to contain a ‘shake up’ of technical education. But what technical education do we need?
On Business Restructuring
Written by John Berry on 3rd May 2017. Revised 25th March 2020.
7 min read
Business restructuring is the catch-all phrase used to describe the series of actions that a firm or other organisation might take to re-organise its affairs following some management decision to change the course of the business. This article discusses how to go about an incremental business restructure.
