by James Potten | Apr 8, 2022 | Business Growth, Business Leaders, Culture
What’s the purpose of your company? Have you ever thought about it? Why purpose matters: I’m not talking about the literal purpose of selling product A to customer B, but the higher purpose behind your company: the impact it’s making on a global scale.... 
by James Potten | Mar 8, 2022 | Abundance, Business Growth, Business Leaders, Change
When the boot’s on the other foot! Have you ever heard the saying ‘The cobbler always wears the worst shoes’? There are a few variations of it, sometimes it’s the cobbler’s wife or children with the dodgy footwear, but the meaning is always the same: often,... 
by James Potten | Feb 8, 2022 | Abundance, Business Growth, Catalyst program, Change
How’s your work/life balance looking these days? I talked recently about the need to take regular breaks from work (Link to Quarterly Rhythms), and it generated some interesting conversations within our network: primarily, what to do when you know you need to take a... 
by James Potten | Nov 2, 2021 | Business Growth
What does your company strategy look like? Is it rigidly waterfall or are you able to take a more agile approach? That’s assuming of course that you currently have a strategy for your business – I see plenty of companies who wrote a plan in the early days and haven’t... 
by James Potten | Oct 1, 2021 | Business Growth, Business Leaders, Hiring
So yesterday, I saw someone in the street who was the first person I ever had to remove from their role in a business. It got me thinking and reminded me just how hard that actually was. I think it’s one of the hardest things you’ll do in a business leadership role,... 
by James Potten | Sep 1, 2021 | Business Growth, Business Leaders, Culture
After so many inspiring sporting performances during the Olympics, with athletes truly at the pinnacle of their game, my mind got to thinking about legacy and in particular what learning we can take and positively apply in the world of business. There really is so...