This morning I was invited to a speak at a conference organised by the Malta Institute of Management entitled "Malta's Present & Future Economic Growth". As always the issue of productivity cropped us. As we all know we need to build Malta's economic growth model towards achieving higher productivity levels by being able to generate …
Resistance to Openness
At the start of each input lecture of the "Award in Leading a Family Business" accredited course, I remind participants that the family businesses that succeed in the long term are those keen on learning, looking for new ideas and asking the right questions, those that stick together no matter what and those that are …
ESG for SMEs
Yesterday we had the 2nd session as part of the Award in Leading a Family Business accredited course. The main theme covered in this 2nd session was Corporate Governance. During this session I asked the participants if they ever heard about ESG (Environment, Social and Governance), since Governance is one of the elements of ESG. …
Purpose, Mission and Values
Many would think that spending time to identify the Purpose, Mission and Values of any business organisation is a sheer waste of time. I beg to differ. Business Leaders or Owners who still think that way, are likely stuck to a perception of reality surrounding them, that has long gone by. These things are important. …
Every Family Business needs a functional and competent Board of Directors
In the coming days, a project I have been working hard on, together with the team at EMCS, will kick-off. The first cohort of the accredited course as an Award in Leading a family Business will start their journey next week. Amongst one of the first topics to be covered in Module 1 is Corporate …
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Budget 2024 – An Overview
Below please find an overview of the salient points with regards the 2024 Budget just presented this evening. Macroeconomic Overview Malta’s economy is expected to grow by 4.1% in real terms by end 2023. Inflation in Malta for 2023 is expected to be 5.7% In 2024, Malta’s economy is expected to grow by 4.2% (real …
Change Yes…but Later
I would most probably be a richer man, if I where paid some EUR 10, every time a family business owner told me "Yes I agree with your new proposed way forward....but now is not the time for it...maybe later". All this reminds me of Malta's mega traffic problem. We all know we need to …
Employers’ Top Priority for Budget 2024 – Controlling Inflation
In the past days, I was running a survey amongst employers on their top priorities that they believe the upcoming Budget 2024 should be addressing. Whilst I cannot claim that the results are based on a scientific representative sample, I managed to collect responses from 51 different employers, which allows us to get at least …
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Mindset – Award in Leading a Family Business
Family Businesses many times operate with an operator's mindset, focused on achieving operational excellence and hence to keep the system running well. The formula for enduring success for many family business has largely been based on maintaining their competitive edge in business by emphasizing quality and making slow but steady improvements and hence grow within …
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Succession Planning for Family Businesses
This morning I enjoyed immensely speaking at the Transeo Summit. Besides speaking on the need for family business to become more strategic and beefing up their corporate governance, I spoke extensively on the needed for family businesses to think ahead on succession planning and to treat it as a journey and not an event. I …
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