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Time to Read: 1 Minute The perks of having an office dog When I visited the HQ of Percol Coffee in London, I met Lupo…over to Harriet Matley, Marketing Executive… It’s no secret; we’ve all got a favourite colleague. It’s not awkward, and it’s openly spoken about. His name is Lupo. He’s bright, entertaining, friendly,…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 48 seconds The Top 3 Priorities for your organisation in 2015 3. Show Yourselves the Money – Get Back to Business Identify the 10% of activities that bring in 90% of value and stop doing everything else (the most innovative action you can ever take). Know how to measure everything – ban the…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 2 mins 19 sec 10. Put fun back into work Genuine internal advertisement that attracted 3 responses from a company with 4,000 people. Department Information Systems Team Applications Development Job Title Senior Analyst Job Grade 6 (Pending Appeal) Hours Standard with Overtime Description of Role (Too long and boring to reprint here) To Apply…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: The time to down a pint Can you put Never on success door? “You will never succeed in business…” Said his teacher directly to Tim Martin’s face as he sat in his New Zealand school classroom, thinking that he was actually there to be educated, encouraged and inspired. Indeed, he had heard this…… Continue Reading
Jump Straight to Performing You will have heard it many times – all teams “must” go through four stages before they are effective – Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. I have never understood “Norming”, so let’s focus on the other three. Form, Storm, Perform – fair enough – a process that clearly takes a while.…… Continue Reading
CHOOSING to live a positive life isn’t easy – it is worth it, though. Whatever we do in our lifetimes takes commitment and a will to achieve success and not to accept failure. The rewards can be great – and they don’t have to be financial. Right from when we were children we have learned…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 1 Minute Business, and Business Leaders, are a Force For Good… they’d better be for all our sakes Why? Three reasons: Economic – Business is the only way the debt will ever be repaid. Society – We need both strong private and public sectors – each is dependent on the other. Without a…… Continue Reading
HAVE a business plan. Anybody wanting to survive in business has to have a vision, a plan. It is an essential tool for thriving and moving forward as a company. Make sure you have one. When you go on a car journey, if you’re sensible, you will have mapped out your route. You know where…… Continue Reading
BRIDGING the gap between education and business is a passion of Mark Durkin. So there can be no greater gift in his role of Professor of Marketing at the University of Ulster than equipping his students with the tools they need to flourish in the harsh world of commerce. On October 24, at the Naked…… Continue Reading
‘IT’S all in the mind’! You will know the phrase. And actually, everything we do is governed by how and what we think. So, how well do you know your own mind – and more pertinently, do you mind your own business? In other words, do you lead, rather than follow, in your actions, in…… Continue Reading