Posts Tagged ‘leadership’

The Space, a new conference and meeting venue in Norwich, is holding the first ever ‘Patter Up’ event on Tuesday 6th September between 12pm and 2pm, for users of social messaging site ipatter.com to meet.
 
The ‘Patter Up’ event was the idea of employees at The Space, who engage with other ipatter users…

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Leadership versus Management
The difference between leadership and management.
Leadership, like many other concepts in management, is not easy to define. Many think of it as a process used to influence others to work with willingness towards the leader’s goal. It is probably better to think of leadership more clearly as having a relationship…

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Concentrate on the simple stuff and do it right each and every time you sell. When you're not selling practise and develop your skills, treat selling as skill that needs to be practised and practised all the time before the big games, each sale is a big game!
Although obvious and simple, the above statement…

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I am lucky enough to get to talk to many people in business and share some really great intelligence with them. While this is all very pleasant and valuable I am becoming increasingly vocal about the need to get back to basics and plan success into your business from the get go.

Before we…

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We all know that when you hire the wrong person it is always a significant drain on resources and is a thief of time and profit. Deciding who to hire into your company can be a very complicated process. I think it is the complexity of doing it right that makes so many businesses, big…

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I know many people will tell you making a sideways move within your current company is not the best move you can make and you shouldn't move unless it is upwards.
For those of you who have read my book 'Mind The Gap' or my second book 'Small steps to culture and value', you'll know…

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I recently wrote an article about the high rate of failure many businesses suffer when seeking external funding from investors such as VC's, business angels and banks. In the article, I talked about the need for a robust business plan that is in perfect balance with reality and the Vision, Mission and Values of the…

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Did you know that when most CEOs take up a new position, whether in a small or large business, they feel the need to undertake a re-organisation in that business within the first two years? Often this happens within the first ninety days. 
Whilst these activities are often based upon good reasons, just as many…

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I would be one of the first people to explain the advantages to being in business for yourself. That said it is not something that should entered into lightly.
Not wishing to dampen anybody's desire to be in business for themselves I can think of many examples of people who have started out with the…

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To get the very best out of your sales people is a skill, some might say it is an art. One thing that has been proven to be the case time and again is that you don't have to be the best sales person to become the best sales manager. In fact history tells me…

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