Speciality Bites with

Paul Hargreaves

Chief executive of Cotswold Fayre

  • We are now retailers too!

    21 June 2021 Speciality Bites
    So, the week has arrived at last when I become a retailer as well as a wholesaler. What a journey it has been.

  • We need leaders, not managers

    07 June 2021 Speciality Bites
    I’ve mentioned before that not many people can give me the name of someone when asked at interview who has inspired them most from their previous work life. This is because most people have only experienced management not leadership.

  • Being joyful

    24 May 2021 Speciality Bites
    There’s a story I told in my first book, Forces for Good, about a man called Dexter, who was a toll-charge collector on the Golden Gate Bridge across San Francisco Bay. Despite doing a humble job, Dexter always came to work...

  • What next?

    17 May 2021 Speciality Bites
    Our financial year end is March, so when we were putting together this current year’s business plan, we had no idea what to expect, as, of course, the first lockdown started last March.

  • Why do we not have more inspirational leaders?

    10 May 2021 Speciality Bites
    I start off the introduction to my new book, The Fourth Bottom Line, by asking why we do not have more inspirational leaders in our lives. I have asked the question at least 100 times in interviews over the year...

  • Leadership

    04 May 2021 Speciality Bites
    Returning to a familiar theme again this week, and how could I not with my new book about good leadership being published on Thursday 6th. More later on that.

  • Today

    26 April 2021 Speciality Bites
    If the pandemic and lockdown have taught us anything it has been to slow down and reflect more. Even for those who haven’t been furloughed and have been working harder than ever, we have had our travel and nights out taken...

  • Better Business

    19 April 2021 Speciality Bites
    A frequently asked question in my interviews and podcasts is, “How has being a B Corp benefitted you as a business?”

  • Stress & Worry

    12 April 2021 Speciality Bites
    No doubt for some today is the day they have been waiting for, as they can finally open their businesses for the first time since Christmas, but for others who have created a new business or adapted an existing business...

  • Leadership

    29 March 2021 Speciality Bites
    There is an interview question I have been asking for around 15 years, “Who (outside your family) has most inspired you in either your personal or work life?”
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