Category: Advice

This may seem like a dumb question to many, but Stuart Cook suggests that he has encountered many businesses that exist and flourish very successfully without spending any of the managers’ time thinking about Strategy and its implementation.

If you get an opportunity to pitch your business to investors, following these five principles will help you secure funding for your growth.

You’ve planned and prepared your presentation, or training workshop, in detail. You’ve anticipated every eventuality. You arrive early, get set up and are no more than five minutes into your presentation when it happens – someone in your audience starts to throw out unsolicited comments. These are the type of comments that aim to catch you out, to make you look bad. You’re being heckled. What do you do? How do you handle the heckler?

It’s all very well coming up with a killer business idea but if you can’t get it in front of the right people it will never amount to much. Kate Russell looks at the online options for getting your business in front of a mentor or investor willing to look at your proposal.

Stress is epidemic in society, particularly in the workplace at the moment. It appears that it is worse than ever before, but why is this? We have more mod-cons and we’re richer than we’ve ever been. Yet I often hear people telling me they’re ‘so stressed’ and then listing all the many things they have to do, which of course is the reason for their stress, or is it?

Do you know how to make lemonade from lemons? Here are six powerful ways to turn bad days into good ones.

Most of the people who work for you wouldn’t dare admit that these incentives don’t work nearly as well as you think they do.

Here are four simple ways to ensure that every business conversation is productive.

At a time when the High Street is struggling, small businesses are looking for routes to market and the opportunity to meet customers face to face. This is why I believe small businesses have a vital role to play in bringing High Streets back to life, and customers onto the streets.

Trying to build a new relationship? You’ll never manage it by staring at a screen. Here’s what you need to do instead.

It is being said that bank lending to credible businesses is starting to return and one of the leading credit rating agencies Experian has been working with small businesses and found that less than two-thirds do not think it is important to check their own credit scores.

When you hear it, advice is just that, advice. You only know if it’s great after the fact. Wouldn’t it be great if you knew in advance?

SWOT analysis too dull? Try the fourth part of my alternative version – how to tighten up your Timing.

The role of CEO and business owner is highly demanding, and poses many management related challenges for a boss who is personally and professionally invested in the business. Some prefer to delegate as many duties as possible to middle management. However, this is not always the best tactic.