The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 32: Aug/Sept 2017 | Page 15

PERSONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Nicola McHale is Vistage chair for the South West, a private advisory group for
business leaders. To complement our ‘Top 100’ feature Nicola gives her advice on
how to rise to the top.
What makes a top 100 business?
So what makes the difference that makes the
difference?
Have you got what it takes?
Maybe you are already there, but want to make
it to the top 10?
After working in my own business and growing it from
nothing to a company with 22 global business coaches,
working across the world with a subsidiary in Singapore
and as your local Vistage Trusted Peer Advisory Group
Chair, here are my thoughts.
1 KNOW YOUR NUMBERS Ask yourself - do you know
and have the KPIs that really drive your business forward?
Do you have the financial numbers ready to hand, in the
form you need and do you fully understand them? Are you
focussed on