Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Now that was a day, that was. I think I managed to experience the full range of emotions at different times during the day, I won't be sorry if I don't have a day like this again for a while, that's for sure! I spent quite a bit of the day catching up with the…
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Today was the day of our monthly management meeting so I was up early to complete my presentation to the board of the sales figures and my proposed related budgets. The only problem is each time I revisit the projections, I think of more things to add, or figures to amend. No matter how much…
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I was looking forward to the Easter break, it was going to give me the time to do some more writing for my latest book. It was not going to be all work though, I had tickets for the game on Saturday, what a great game that turned out to be!
In the end I…
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Another day in front of the iMac, pouring over figures and different outcomes to really give my sales team the chance of some real success. Once this is done, the next phase is to go and spend some time with them and look at some practical coaching.
My call to the US last night got…
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What a day Friday turned out to be. I remember saying, some time ago, to a group of small businesses that I was helping through my consultancy, that in business they would have days where they would need to deal with every emotion under the sun.
It's been a while since I have had…
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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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