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THINK twice before employing as it can be easier and less risky to buy some skills in on a contractual basis as they are needed, avoiding the commitment and the responsibility of taking on employees when the future of your business is unknown. If you find you need employees, remember that people are your business.…… Continue Reading
IN business, such as in sport, you need hod carriers as well as artists, stability in harness with skill, while caution should be allied to courage and creativity. Remember, as a team, you need to have a range of attributes to make business work and you should consider the objectives of the team and what…… Continue Reading
CONGRATULATIONS! The older readers among you will remember that word as a song title for Sir Cliff Richard in 1968. And in business terms it is something a leader should always offer when their team succeeds. The ‘well done’ may even be given in the form of a reward, to recognise a big success. It…… Continue Reading
ON Thursday 9 July, 2009, The Naked Office http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/the-naked-office—virgin-9pm-405335 premiered on British television. It featured an entrepreneurial company in Newcastle, onebestway, led by Mike Owen, and Naked Leader founder David Taylor, whose dual role was to strip away the problems to help the company grow while persuading people in the office, as a symbol of…… Continue Reading
JUST because there have been plenty of lean months doesn’t mean that companies don’t want to put some meat back on the bone. In Great Britain and Europe, medium and small-sized businesses will invest hugely in the next 12 months according to a survey. Manufacturing and IT equipment, cars, and commercial vehicles are the big…… Continue Reading
YOUR mind is rather like a loft – and I don’t mean it’s a large empty space where there’s no-one at home! It collects things over the years. In little areas or compartments. Much of what we have gleaned is no longer needed – and yet despite it no longer being useful we aren’t able…… Continue Reading
NO matter how logical we think we are, or we appear to be, deep down we are all living, breathing bundles of energy. You will never, never be able to be build a trusted relationship with any other human being, until you can build such a trusted relationship with yourself. This is because, unless you…… Continue Reading
IT was 1970s rock band 10cc who came up with the lyrics Art for Arts sake. Well, Events for Events sake are part of a bygone era too. We’ve all heard of the business ‘jolly’ and most of us have more than likely been on one. Ensuring staff have a jolly good day out when…… Continue Reading
DOES your workforce play a team game? Are you ‘in it together’? Or are there elements within that undermine performance? We’ve all heard the business cliche, there is no I in team. And yet individuals make up that group so surely it follows that a team should be a collection of individuals. Doesn’t it? Well,…… Continue Reading
EVER thought of getting into a writing career. Then start a blog. It can unlock your potential and demonstrate to publishers, who regularly scour the internet for untapped talent, that you have an original voice. You can gain advice from sites, such as www.problogger.net, where you can learn how to make money on your very…… Continue Reading