As your business has grown, so has your team. Here’s 10 top tips to keep it all together. Business Plan – update it now. If you only have a vague idea of your strategy then think how much fuzzier your staff’s understanding will be. Uncertainty can lead to insecurity and confusion. Segment it – by [...]
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You’ve Got It MADE!
Have you ever suddenly found yourself in one of those conversations that you have no idea how it started, where it came from and what it’s about? All that you know is that you are listening to lots of information about something or other, and that part of your brain is frantically working at top [...]
Opposites Attract
When I work with businesses to improve their teamwork one of the most common obstacles to get past is the idea that differences between people automatically mean problems. Play To Your Strengths People who love detail can get frustrated by the broad brush ideas members of the team, those guys who see the big picture [...]
Person Or Product?
I’ve been invited to contribute a feature for Branding Magazine. It’s an independent, daily updated, online magazine that focuses on delivering fresh and useful news in the industry. Branding Dilemma? Here’s a link to my Expert Column article that explores the issue of promoting your company by the person or the product. It’s particularly apt [...]
Fast Trak – In The Studio
Readers of this blog will know how much I love music and that I can barely get through a week without referencing a pop or rock act in a post. So how excited do you think I was to find myself in London’s world famous recording studio ‘The Strongroom’, cutting a brand new song that [...]
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Countless studies of wealthy people have shown that, although there are many different paths to riches, there are however a small number of ideas, beliefs and behaviour that is common to them all. The very first thing that binds them together is that they all decided to become rich. Duncan Bannatyne from Dragon’s Den never [...]
At What Cost?
Opportunity Cost It’s OK that you can’t do everything on your list. Recognise and embrace the concept of opportunity cost. If you’ve got ten pounds you can buy a CD or a book. But you can’t buy both. If you buy the CD then your opportunity cost is the book. Value Of Time Your use [...]
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