These days the term brand is loosely thrown around, and on the surface you wouldn’t be foolish to assume its purpose is to simply sell or by thinking it is synonymous with a company’s logo.
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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
How to stop micromanaging
The first step is knowing you have a problem. Even if you think you don’t, it could come back to haunt you.
Getting to grips with a culture of misconduct
From football to banking to care homes, it’s no surprise that ethical leadership and misconduct continue to grab the headlines. Here, Alex Swarbrick, Senior Consultant at Roffey Park, considers why the meaning of ‘ethics’ and ‘misconduct’ can seem hard to pin down and even harder for organisations to get to grips with.
7 stress killing tips
Stress can be a killer–in more ways that one. Take some simple steps to kick stress out of your life once and for all.
5 ways to keep the upper hand in your negotiations
Perhaps the best way to begin is to make sure we all understand what negotiation actually is.
Three things that guarantee someone won’t buy from you!
Almost every businessperson says they want more clients, or they want to sell more products. Either way, we are all looking to build our businesses and make more money.
Tips to get more productive
You have more important things to focus on than, um, focusing. Get back on track with these tips.
How can businesses ensure cashless customer payments are secure?
You would think that most customer-facing businesses will already be catering to customer demand for cashless payments, or will certainly be considering taking the leap towards accepting credit and debit cards.
Humanising change and preventing change fatigue
Are you suffering from change fatigue? Not sure? Here Steve Hearsum, development consultant at leadership institute, Roffey Park, looks at what change fatigue is and what you can do to avoid it.
How to tell an employee what they don’t want to hear
Have to give an employee bad news? Here’s why you should welcome the awkwardness–and how to overcome it.
The mental health threat to your business
Mental illness is much more common and costly to employers than most realise. One in five adults will experience a diagnosable mental illness in any given year and more workers are absent from work because of stress and anxiety than any physical illness or injury.
Why invest in career planning?
The perfect career won’t just happen – we’re all responsible for our own destiny. Linda Jackson, managing director of 10Eighty, explains how you can start planning yours.
Every Business needs a Geek on the board
It’s great news that the economy is improving. Wherever you look, pundits are lining up to say how much better the economy is doing and that the good times are set to roll again.
So, what’s stopping your team from working?
Have you ever considered what’s really stopping your team from working effectively? Here, Sue Binks, senior consultant at leadership institute, Roffey Park, takes a look at what could be affecting their performance and productivity.
Dealing with negative online reviews
Customer reviews are increasingly used to measure a company’s online reputation. Andy Mabbutt, CEO of the global feedback engine Feefo, gives his top tips on the best way to deal with negative feedback.