Answer this question to grow your business A common recurring question that almost every business asks is; how can we grow our business with limited resources? If you are like most of our clients, you will have asked this question in many different ways. How[...]
Leadership: Making difficult decisions Senior leaders of large organisations wrestle with making difficult decisions. In almost every case, the decision involves people. Real, living, breathing, emotional, caring, hard working people. Take current stringent government budget cuts. Council leaders need to decide how best to reduce[...]
Dealing with difficult employees Dealing with difficult employees can be hard. We’ve all come across them. Disaffected. Despondent. Depressed. Every time we try we try dealing with difficult employees, it seems our best attempts are thrown back in our face. Many of these employees may be disengaged meaning[...]
Time to celebrate? I met with a Managing Director of a £9m business last week. Since 2009 he and his team had grown the business organically from £5m. His concerns were typical of any business. Ensuring adequate cash flow. Attracting and retaining top talent. Increasing[...]
Implementing effective change Implementing effective change is difficult. Just imagine any of the following three scenarios; i) As the boss you’ve decided that in order to save costs and promote growth you will close your current offices, move ten miles down the road to cheaper[...]
How to sell more – answer this question This is NOT how to sell more How to sell more. Everyone has an opinion on how to sell more. Increase your marketing. Recruit more sales people. Engage with social media. Bring a new product to market.[...]
3 tips to enjoy more than 0.3% growth Relief. The UK avoided the triple dip recession. What’s more, although 0.3% is not a large number, growth was higher than expected (though don’t be surprised if its revised down as more data becomes available). Many businesses[...]
Successful Entrepreneurs Share These 3 Traits What differentiates successful entrepreneurs from bad ones? Here’s three crucial requirements all successful entrepreneurs share. Do you agree? We’d love to hear your comments. 1. Successful entrepreneurs recognise their lack of management skills The very thing that makes an entrepreneur is the[...]
Happy at work – is it possible? Being happy at work is something we all strive for, and those who succeed are considered to be lucky. A chap with a very long name whom for now we will simply call has carried out significant research about[...]
Your inner voice: friend or foe? Our inner voice is more active than we may realise. How often do you feel hurt or rejected by words from friends or colleagues? How many times, even in a single day, do people say ‘things’ to you that[...]