Insights
Read and reflect.
Practical thinking from across our portfolio. Ownership transitions, growth foundations, leadership, governance, commercial performance, and everything in between. We share what we are seeing across the businesses we work with. Less theory, more of what actually moves performance.
Start with the evidence
On why diagnosis before prescription is the discipline that pays off. The most useful question I get asked by leadership…
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Culture, capability and execution
Why the people and operating systems decide whether a strategy lands – whatever the strategy is. Here’s a pattern I’ve…
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Commercial clarity under pressure
Why growth decisions during transition need a level of financial and commercial discipline that often gets dropped at exactly the…
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The value creation gap
Why investment, ownership change and ambition don’t automatically create value – and what does. Most ownership changes – whether they’re…
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Governance that supports growth
On clarity, pace and accountability – and the kind of governance that helps a business get faster, not slower. Governance…
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From Operators to Owners
Why leadership teams have to think differently after the deal – not just work harder. When ownership changes hands, something…
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The Founder’s Head Is Not A Business System
When informal knowledge, judgement and relationships need to become structure. Something I see in nearly every business preparing for a…
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Selling to an EOT is a transaction – and there are benefits treating it as one.
What gets skipped when we call it a ‘transfer’. There’s a particular vocabulary that tends to accompany an employee ownership…
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The Transaction Is Not The Transition
Why nailing the deal isn’t the same as making the most of it. There’s a distinction in ownership change that…
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We Asked a Room Full of EO Leaders About FF Day. They Ended Up Talking About Succession.
We’ve written before about why Financial Freedom Day is a misleading phrase. Last week, we took that conversation to our…
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The Hard Middle of EO: Where Value Is Won or Lost
The Hard Middle of EO Where Value Is Won or Lost There’s a moment in the life journey of every…
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Financial Freedom Day Is a Misleading Phrase
Financial Freedom Day Is a Misleading Phrase And boards should think carefully before using it Before we get into the…
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Still We Grow: Helping Employee-Owned Businesses Thrive Beyond Transition
Still We Grow Still We Grow was founded with a mission to fill a critical gap in the employee ownership…
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Meet our founders – Martin Chadwick
Meet our founders Martin Chadwick –Designing Platforms for Employee Ownership Still We Grow was founded with a mission to fill…
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Meet our founders – Matt WIlden
Meet our founders Matt Wilden – Helping Leadership Teams Step Up in Employee Ownership Still We Grow was founded with…
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Meet our founders – Fran Spence
Meet our founders Fran Spence: Aligning Purpose and Profit through Employee Ownership Still We Grow was founded with a mission…
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Six Months to Scale
Six Months to Scale: The Exchange Programme and Our EO Mission We are pleased to announce that Still We Grow…
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Growing Together
Growing Together: Why Community Is the Secret Weapon for EO Success Employee ownership is more than a shift in structure…
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