I’ve been blogging intermittently for over ten years, mostly on issues relating to entrepreneurship and start-ups but with some random posts too. They are all here, in case you are interested in my curious thoughts and have time on your hands.
All my blogs in one place…
Are You Leading or Managing?
I’ve led a couple of discussions recently on the topic of leadership. The groups were very different (undergraduate students/corporate mid-management) but the discussions on what makes a good leader were remarkably similar. What I found interesting was that most of the examples they provided were simply good management skills. They described people with good communications…
Keep readingFocus on the big picture
Are you more interested in seeing the big picture or the details? I love my work, and I love working with people, but I also love getting away from it all! When I do, I take my camera and the images I take tend to make me reflect on work topics too. My current obsession…
Keep readingThat awkward silence
Workshops can be great, and the best bit is often the discussions to be had with the other participants in smaller groups. In real life, it can take a few minutes for the conversation to get going, but the facilitator is always on hand to guide the groups and make sure everyone knows what’s expected.…
Keep readingHaving purpose
Why? When developing a business strategy, ‘why’ is the most important question to keep revisiting. Why does your business exist and are you being true to your vision? Why are you choosing one action over another? Strategy is about long term planning, and provides the framework for the activities of the entire business. It’s very…
Keep readingIn praise of ‘daft lassie’ questions
Have you ever been in a meeting where someone is using business acronyms or technical terminology, and everyone seems to know what it means except you? I certainly have. What do you do in that situation? Nod in apparent agreement and make notes, whilst trying to figure out what they meanDoodle whilst your mind wanders…
Keep readingTop tips for building a network
It can be very daunting to start to build up a business network, but it is one of the most valuable things that you can do when starting out in a new venture and throughout your career, so it is well worth the time and effort. These are some of my top tips: respect the…
Keep readingThe Road Trip!
This is what a whistlestop tour of the West of Scotland on a beautiful September day looks like! The route: Glasgow to Oban via Glencoe, returning via Kilmartin, Crinan, Inverary, the Rest and be Thankful, and Luss. The cast: Heidi from Boston and Fiona from Glasgow. Both interested in landscapes, entrepreneurship and, as the conversation…
Keep readingThe future is not like in the movies
This is the second of the opinion pieces that I’ve been asked to write as part of the Scotsman newspaper 200 year celebration. It was published in the Scotsman on 3rd August, 2017, but I thought I’d reproduce it here, to keep my writing in one place. According to a recent report by the Institute…
Keep readingHow do you prepare for an uncertain future?
This is taken from an article I had published as an opinion piece in the Scotsman as part of their 200th anniversary celebrations. The original article was published in the Scotsman on 24th May 2017, but seems to have disappeared from their on-line site. fortunately things never really disappear on the Internet, so here it is…
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Fiona Godsman 