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Is the CEO of your Company a Psychopath?
Robert Hare, a well respected psychologist, who has spent a lifetime researching psychopathy, has developed and refined a test to assess the likelihood that you are a...
Through a Glass Darkly
As legendary investor Warren Buffett remarked: “In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” You do not need to be the Sage...
Beware of the Wrong Help
The principal character in Joseph Heller’s famous World War II book, Catch 22, is Yossarian. In it there is an apocryphal incident which illustrates the need to...
FBUS Conference: a Delegate's View
Why family business needs a voice: “Family businesses generate a lot of income for the government but unlike the heads of big corporates we can’t just pick...
A Powerful New Voice for Family Businesses
FBUS will give family businesses a powerful new voice Family Business Week in Scotland laid the foundations for a dynamic new movement led by Family Business United...
Mactaggart & Mickel 4th Generation Builds on 90 Year...
Ross Mickel, director of building group Mactaggart and Mickel belongs to an elite group of just four percent of family businesses in the UK to make it...
The Babysitting Co-op Crisis
I don’t normally stray into the realms of politics, but I am so exasperated by our politicians failing to learn from history that I can no longer...
Ethics in Business Colloquium Conference
In December last year I had the honour of speaking at the Glasgow University Colloquium Conference on Ethics in Business. There was a very impressive speaker panel,...
Gatling Gun
I marvel at the energy expended by many business owners, executives and professionals. So often they are in a rush; from one meeting to another, always under...