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INSIDE your team, debate, discuss and decide – then go forward with one voice. Providing everyone has had a chance to have their say, and been genuinely listened to, they will go forward with you. ‘One team – one vision’. This does not mean you are ‘against’ other teams (we can all be in more…… 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
Time to Read: Just under 2 Mins Don’t bring the whole truth in the room, just for the sake of it. Yes, truth, openness and elephants are critical to your success – as a team, in projects and as an organisation…as long as it is about the issues that really matter. This is the key –…… Continue Reading
CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho maybe the self-styled Special One. Well, imagine having the power to make every day special. Well, here’s the secret. You already have it. Every day can be as you want it to be. It comes with having a positive frame of mind. If you can expect the day to be a…… Continue Reading
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
ASK yourself these questions. * What’s your biggest dream? * What do you want to achieve long term? * What does success look like to you? * What’s important to you? Then, consider where you are now, before appreciating what you have to do to get to where you want to be. Then do it!…… Continue Reading
RATHER like the queue at a train or bus station – there comes a time when people want to get on. Of course, in life, there’s no need to climb aboard public transport to get yourself moving forward, rather, you can decide which direction to take and then set about doing it yourself. How? By…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 22 Seconds If leadership isn’t about helping others… Then I don’t know what it is about What random act of leadership will you do – this week, today, right now, to help someone? That person in your team that you have never quite connected with, next time you see them ask “how’s it…… Continue Reading