IF you would like to connect with children, pass on your experience and help large numbers, one of the most effective ways is to speak at a school. Most schools in our area will welcome an external speaker such as yourself. It’s usually easy to find a slot, then the challenge comes when you actually… Continue Reading
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Thought For The Week
GONE forever are the days and ways of the old media – one-way, controlled brand messages broadcast to a mass audience. We now have new media – listen, participate, engage and relinquish control. (Extract from The Naked Millionaire)… Continue Reading
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Be Here, Right Now
RIGHT now, wherever you are, look around you in life. This moment you are now in, will never be repeated again in your life. Take it all in – the people, the weather, the nature all around you. Next time you listen to your favourite piece of music, really listen. Don’t let your mind think… Continue Reading
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Be Smart
IT isn’t just phones that are smart these days. Businesses are becoming streetwise and ‘bank savvy’ in their efforts to access finance to better their fortunes. And it isn’t just a need for survival that firms are looking to borrow funds from financial institutions. According to figures, there is a clear trend towards companies wanting… Continue Reading
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Put Your Business On The Map
MAKE sure you have a business plan. Anybody wanting to survive in business has to have one – a vision. It is an essential tool for thriving and moving forward as a company. When you go on a car journey, if you’re sensible, you will have mapped out your route. You know where you are,… Continue Reading
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Your Password – A Reminder
TO repel a decent attack you have to have a robust defence. Any coach worth his salt knows that – assuming of course you are talking about sport. Then there is the physical attack, a whole different ball game you might say. What about an attack that comes in below the belt and when you… Continue Reading
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Please Pay Attention
MAKE sure you pay attention to relationship marketing. Rather than spend time and money on acquiring new customers, make sure you focus on retaining existing ones. Remember, it costs less to retain a customer than it does to attract a new one. This week, don’t allow a customer walk away as it might prove expensive… Continue Reading
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Reap What You Sow
SOWING the seeds of recovery might be overstating the case, with the economy a long way from recovered. However, there is no doubt that the record number of start-ups in the UK in recent times has created much-needed growth to lessen the impact of the public sector job losses which are about to hit. The… Continue Reading
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Ensure Your Vision Is Clear
MAKE sure you have a clear, concise, compelling strategy for your company. Ensure everyone in your organisation knows it. Also, how what they personally do relates to the strategy. Anything that you do that does not help you get closer to your vision, stop doing it. You will stop over a third of your work… Continue Reading
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Be A Walkie Talkie
THERE are exceptions of course but generally, sportsmen and women often lead by example. In business, if you’re a team leader, do the same, and ‘walk the talk.’ You need to show, and put into practice on a daily basis, the standards you are demanding of others. It seems an obvious thing to say. And… Continue Reading
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