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Mean What You Say!

IT’S not what you say it’s the way that you say it, that’s what gets results! Not quite the Bananarama lyrics of old but pertinent nonetheless when considering body language while communicating. The irony of effective communication is that words have the least effect on the person you are communicating with. A very small percentage…Continue Reading

Here’s Your Starter For 10

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 during the past 12 months has created much-needed growth to lessen the impact of the public sector job losses which are about to…Continue Reading

Action For The Week

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

Action For The Week

REDUNDANCY has become a realisation for many, however, it is important to remember, it is your job that has been made redundant, not you. If it has happened to you, then take ownership of your situation, today. Ask yourself if there is somebody out there who is in poorer or more challenging circumstances than you…Continue Reading

To Jump Or Not To Jump? Just do it!

IMAGINE if you could fail – what wouldn’t you do? An ingenious title for a Naked Leader Week from David Taylor which sparked an enormous response on the website. The question was raised as a result of a dilemma faced by Naked Leader devotee, Alan, who emailed David about whether or not he should throw…Continue Reading

Don’t get stuck on the idea

Time to Read – 90 seconds Darren Fell, Managing Director and founder of Crunch.co.uk, is an entrepreneur and a persistent one at that. Indeed, when I asked him on the phone for his one single leadership lesson, above all others, he spoke with passion about persistence, based on his own personal experience of being on…Continue Reading

Play a Team Game (Part 3)

IN business, as in sport, you are nowhere without the team. In some cases that might be as an individual with an entourage of people to help out. Delegation is one key area of playing that team game well. Doing so will allow you to make maximum use of the resources available to you, for…Continue Reading

Thought for the Week

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