Meetings are the backbone of any company. At a meeting, employees can discuss problems, troubleshoot issues, get expert help, etc. and generally get face time with senior management or junior management. However, times have changed simply because time and money are a priority.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
The Catastrophe Report
A valuable activity we’ve just completed as a team is to create a “Catastrophe Report”.
Five lessons we learnt as a start-up
It can be a tough uphill struggle learning from mistakes as you go.
Should you be an emotional leader?
I have been developing a new collaborative project in the last 6 months. During the research and development stage this project caused me to examine leadership. In particular it caused me to consider what qualities an emotionally intelligent leader will have and will demonstrate. In this article I will share a few of them.
MI5 and PR
A long time ago in a place not far distant from central London, I was being lectured about the nature of treason. What, I was asked, did the traitor see in the mirror each morning as he shaved? Traitor or patriot?
The ties that bind when a family business hits crisis point
Over 70 per cent of UK businesses are family owned but research indicates that only a fraction – some 13 per cent – survive beyond the third generation.
How close is too close?
When it comes to your personal space at work, are you an office space invader, the personal space professional or the cubicle craver?
Making your meeting a success
No one wants to come to your boring meetings? Here’s how to take them from bad to great.
Are you feeling uninspired? Perhaps it’s the people around you
Here are five ways to get people to challenge and inspire you to success.
Why picking up a divorce with the shopping just doesn’t add up
Savvy business people know that if the price looks too good to be true, it probably is. However, weigh that wisdom against the need to cut costs and some of the smartest business brains could be hoodwinked into thinking a cheap divorce on the way home from the office might solve their problems.
Business services: securing Britain’s place in the race for global leadership
The B2B services sector is made up of some of the world’s most successful businesses. Collectively, they turn over £1.4 trillion annually and are present in every continent.
How to Overcome the Fear of Selling
Children learn to understand the meaning of the word ‘no’ at an early age. By the time a child (now adult) leaves education, and starts out a professional career, that word has become so powerful, it can so often hold them back.
The seven deadly meeting sins
Meetings may be an essential part of the business world, however there are those among us who have no idea how to behave in these situations.
Why a dynamic leader must be a friend to their team
Be the boss, sure. But overdo it, and you risk losing admiration, respect and motivation.
Why the Glazers are right to sack David Moyes for the sake of Manchester Utd
Sometimes the world of football seems very detracted from the real world of business, however in sacking their first team manager David Moyes today the Glazer Family, it would appear that they are trying to wrestle back control and appease their global client base (fans) after a period of not understanding their clients post their acquisition of the club in 2005.