by johnireland | Articles
Ask most business owners how they are doing and you will get “busy” or “fine, thanks”. Ask them who they talked to last week about the decision that actually kept them awake, and the room tends to go quiet. Running a business is, for many...
by johnireland | Wellness Corner
Running your own business is often lonelier than it looks. Employees are not peers, they depend on you financially, so they rarely challenge your thinking freely. Family absorbs the emotional cost of every decision, so owners often protect them by staying quiet....
by johnireland | Articles
The Question Behind the Research Jim Collins and his research team spent five years asking a single question: why do some companies make the leap from being merely good to being truly great — and sustain that greatness — while others in the same industries, with the...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
Simon Sinek’s Start with Why makes one powerful argument: the most inspiring leaders and organisations communicate from the inside out. They start with purpose — the why — before the how and the what. The Golden Circle framework has three layers. At the centre...
by johnireland | Articles
The Book Simon Sinek’s Start with Why was published in 2009 and has sold over a million copies worldwide. It began as a TED Talk — now the third most-viewed TED Talk in history with over 60 million views — and makes a deceptively simple argument: the most...
