It can take up to four years before we adjust fully to a significant transition, even one as apparently routine as a job change.

The first stage he called "unfreezing". In the second stage the change occurs. This is typically a period of confusion and transition. The third and final stage he called "freezing".

It is important to tailor every business plan to the particular circumstances of the company.

If employers and employees are willing to limp along with a situation akin to a size-ten foot in a size-six slipper, what does it really matter?

Board succession planning is a means for an organisation to ensure its continued effective performance through leadership continuity.

Organisational structure refers to the way tasks are divided up, how the work flows, how this flow is coordinated and the forces and mechanisms that allow this coordination to occur.

These programmes are provided as an indication of what can be provided. All programmes will be designed or adapted to meet the specific needs and requirements of clients.

Strategy planning and reviews require dedicated time away from day to day interruptions

Ensure that senior management's successes and failures are communicated to them, and that appropriate rewards, sanctions and training are implemented.

Internal control includes financial, operational and compliance controls and risk management.

A coaching programme will normally start with an intake meeting, the first part of which might be attended by line managers and HR personnel as well as the client to be coached.

Business coaching is focused on the success of the business and is likely to include a mixture of short and long term objectives

Top teams include chief executives, managing directors, whole boards of directors, heads of departments . . . Teams are built, and when individuals leave, or teams disperse, they grieve.

Executive coaching for directors is facilitative one-to-one coaching to help individual directors address specific professional development issues or to assist them in taking on a new role.

The features of modern organisations. Flatter organisational structures, broader management roles and lower job security have also been contributing factors to the growth of coaching.

Coaching is an integral part of the new performance-led culture of continuous development, with widespread application.

Coaching can take place face to face, both one to one and in small groups, or it can be delivered at a distance by telephone, Skype, Zoom, email or instant messaging.

One to one performance coaching is the way for both organisations and individuals to significantly impact the bottom line

Coaching at the top is cost effective and rapid – acting at the point of maximum leverage, where it can generate change and cascade behaviours through the organisation.

Strategy planning and budget preparation activities every year justify getting away from day to day interruptions.

Gerald Ratner, National Power and Tim Martin make damaging statements with serious consequences

The Good Business Charter was the idea of Julian Richer who is the initial funder and a trustee of the Good Business Foundation also.

Increasingly, the focus has moved from just vision, mission and values to "purpose". Why does the organisation exist.

Japanese companies in the 1980s were looked upon as the models for business innovation. Yet in recent years, the Japanese economy has experienced a spate of corporate scandals.

Setting well formed outcomes is an iterative process that ensures that when a manager sets an outcome, or a subordinate agree to delegate a task, they are wholly congruent with the process.