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Happy Birthday to Tendo – 13 things I’ve learned in the last 13 years
Within the last week, Tendo turned into a teenager. Yes, 13 years young. Think stroppy, disrespectful and insubordinate teenager. Not bad for a guy told he wasn’t great at strategy by his peers in corporate huh? Statistically, if you are beyond five years old, you are one of a minority that make it this far. […]
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Why you need to lose the brilliant jerks
I was chatting with a client recently about brilliant jerks in their business.The business wasn’t growing and they were losing good people. The crux of it was, a couple of team members that were in post due to delivering great results in previous roles, had a disruptive influence on their teams and those around them, […]
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How to sift out the tyre kickers
I was a host on a podcast yesterday (watch this space for details when it is released) and was asked the question: “Is £199 the world’s most expensive coffee – tell me more!”. It is a blog I wrote some time ago and continues to divide opinion. We all get asked from time […]
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Business growth: what gets measured, gets managed
In the fast-paced world of SMEs, business growth is the usually the ultimate goal. But how can you achieve rapid expansion if you are not tracking the progress of the team and the business regularly. You can’t. The answer lies in a simple adage: “What gets measured, gets managed.” The power of measurement for business […]
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Ten reasons to avoid hiring a Business Mentor – part two
Following on from last week’s part one, where I gave you five reasons not to hire a Business Mentor, here are five more compelling reasons why having a Business Mentor should be avoided. 6. “I’ll just make my own mistakes; it’s how I learn!” Mistakes are an inevitable part of business; I am happy to […]
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Ten reasons to avoid hiring a Business Mentor – part one
Hiring a Business Mentor isn’t for everybody and in fact, only 15% of small business owners do or have tapped into such expertise. Here are the main reasons NOT to hire, with five this week and five to follow next week (read those here). Let’s have some fun and debunk these entertaining myths! “I’m a […]
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The importance of building a personal brand
To kick off their series of guest blogs, ‘Forward with Faith’, I was pleased to submit an article to Stefanie Hopkins of Faith Brand Communications sharing advice on the importance of building a personal brand. Within the blog, I look at how different generations might go about building a personal brand, whether they realise they […]
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Why you need to manage your expenditure
My Nan always had a saying – “Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves!” I never fully knew what this meant until I walked into a business that was losing money. A lot of money. This business had been making a lot of money previously and had started to be frivolous […]
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Do you value your time?
Time is the one commodity we can never get back. Yet I hear stories every day of small business owners wasting it like they have an abundance. Giving their time away for free or just not putting a value on it. I had a coffee with a lady a few months ago. She was struggling […]
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