At Shirlaws Cayman we are finding ourselves engaging increasingly on Facebook at our Shirlaws Cayman page. Since Facebook changed to allow the ability to post longer updates along with blog / image / video / article links, this has facilitated engagement on the level of a typical blog post, and Facebook comments and engagement is [...]
What is the Risk Profile of your Business?
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The concept of Risk/Return is well understood in investment circles: the higher the risk the higher the potential return (and importantly but normally forgotten by the investor: the higher the risk the higher the potential losses). But for the CEO and Board, risk is often the “hidden variable” in many business decisions. Risk touches on [...]
CEO Skills Workshop – “Coach don’t play” – April 24th, 2012
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When : Tuesday April 24th, 2012, (8:30 for) 9am-5pm, rooftop cocktails to follow Where : Grand Cayman Beach Suites, Grand Cayman Cost : CI$500 Who Should Attend : Business Owners, CEOs, Executives on Leadership Track Presenters : Glyn Heald, Shirlaws Global and Tom McCallum, Shirlaws Cayman At Shirlaws we “Love Business”, working with business [...]
How to thrive in the next upturn with “cut through” products
December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Should Shirlaws choose you to be a client ?
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
You may be thinking right now :”Wow, what an arrogant title to a blog post!”. At Shirlaws we don’t think it is, as we have strong and well thought out reasons for choosing our clients carefully if they feel first that we may be right for them. We don’t want to waste their time or [...]
Think Feel Know – and how our Education system could support our children more
October 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
At Shirlaws a key tool we use is called “Think Feel Know“. Think, Feel and Know are the three communications styles that we all use to process information and make decisions. Whilst we all have the capability to use all three styles, we have discovered that most people have a strong preference for one style. Once [...]
The “W” Shaped Recovery
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
W-shaped ebook – A guide for every business owner Shirlaws have produced an ebook compiled from the many articles we have written since February 2007. They coincide with the global economic recession and show how businesses can thrive even through such a difficult period. Although this book refers to economic commentary it is important to note [...]
Why Business Coaching ?
September 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My colleague and fellow Shirlaws Business Coach Rob Begg came to Shirlaws having been a client and seeing how Shirlaws could bring him, as an already successful businessman, “More Money, More Time, Less Stress” In this very short video, Rob succinctly explains why every business should have a Shirlaws Business Coach. Talk to us about [...]
How to get through the Double Dip ?
September 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Originally published in The Cayman Islands Journal, Sep 7th, 2011. Talk to Shirlaws Cayman about how we can help you and your business through the Double Dip. Today I’m going to start with a pretty nasty black cloud, but I also promise some silver linings. The cloud first. We are about three years into the [...]
Navigate the double-dip with some vital economic rules of thumb
August 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Darren Shirlaw, August 2011 Why have the markets fallen now, in August 2011, and not June or November? Spotting when the markets will move is more than a simple matter of trend theory and experienced fund managers use several rules of thumb. These are good predictors of how the economy will behave. Falling world markets Many [...]
