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This week in short

Chris Ball, MBA Associates:- once again offers insight with ‘Leaders Need Dissent’, or alternatively a reminder of the best practice we all let slip. This observation is equally valid in every walk of life, the obvious one is for those in a (using jargon) customer-facing position. A sales team, if all have a similar background and approach, will only attract their own similar potential customers. Yet as everyone is different, that lets a lot slip by.

Edegetech: - traditional ‘wet’ sealants, like expanding foam and silicone, can fail after a period, but TruFit offers a completely dependable, energy efficient seal that maintains the high energy ratings of windows.

DW3 Products Group: - has appointed Martin Dickie as Managing Director of Residence Collection and Window Widgets.

Kestrel Aluminium Systems: - has converted 30,000 sq. ft. of its warehouse to create a facility which uses the latest Nordson powder coating equipment.

Deceuninck: - we believe The Heritage Collection will be the most talked about brand in 2017. We say that for good reason. Customers who have already had a sneak preview have been blown away.

Spitfire Doors: - has launched a new timber fusion collection in response to growing market demand in the UK and Ireland for a high end alternative.

frameXpress: - reinvention of the conservatory appears to be big business at the moment. Modernising existing extensions and adapting them to create a luxurious part of the home is a growing trend with many consumers looking to add substantial value.

Distinction Doors: - launches five door designs that all reflect traditional cottage charm.

Edegetech: - GQA Approved Centres have been trained in the theory and application of TruFit® impregnated expanding foam installation tape from Edgetech UK.

ISO-CHEMIE: - architects can take advantage of a new initiative from tape sealant specialists, which explains airtightness in construction sealing joints and options for its improvement.

Residence Collection: - we promise to give our customers more than just a window, Climatec Director Steve Barker says.

Leaders Need Dissent

As businesses grow the management, the command and control if you will becomes more difficult, not because the business itself is necessarily more complicated but because you reach the point where you can’t do everything yourself anymore. The true skill of a leader is not being good at doing the job; it’s about being good at exercising control through other people and in utilising all of the resources effectively to get the job done. In part that’s why we see that good leaders are not always good team players, they want to have things done their way.

There is a dilemma here though, one of those paradoxes that make the people issues such an interesting part of business life. A board or management team that just says yes to a leader is rarely successful and companies where this is evident are not usually top performers, at least not in the long term or when the ‘going gets tough’. The highest performing companies have boards that are highly contentious and a culture that fosters dissent. No subject is unapproachable and the unthinkable can always be thought. Yet strong leaders are ‘wired up’ to want things done their way...[ more ]

Chris Ball
MBA Associates

Letter to the Editor - 7-11% of dementia cases within 50m of a major road could be caused by traffic.

Dear Ian,

The link between living near busy roads and the effect on health has now made the national news following the study released by The Lancet, suggesting that 7-11% of dementia cases within 50m of a major road could be caused by traffic. More research is needed to understand the link, but the suggestion is that noise and air pollution may be involved.

Lots of research is available linking traffic noise to cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke and dementia, with people living near airports having an increased risk. Sleep deprivation over a prolonged period can also cause problems, even when the person is not consciously aware of it. The noise level that causes sleep disturbance is relatively low (around 40 dB), which is below the noise that would be generated by a road...[ more ]

Kind Regards,

Simon Beer
Managing Director, BlueSky Certification