December has arrived. It’s less than 31 days until 2014, but are you ready?. Have you thought about what you want to happen next 365 days?
Its a good time to start thinking so here is just one question for you to answer for every day of Advent?

How do you prepare your business plans? If you are working in a group then I'm sure that flipcharts, Blu-tack, whiteboards and Post it notes play a big part in your business planning process. I can't imagine a group planning session where the computer is the centre of attention!

One challenge that faces all growing businesses is when is the best time to add more staff to your team? Who do you need first and who can you wait for? How will you find the right person and can you afford to hire them or afford not to hire them? This dilemma is particularly […]

Why is it, that having ‘the difficult conversation” is so hard? Do you remember the person at work with BO – and how long was it because no-one would broach the subject of soap?

Why were we given 2 ears and one mouth? Because, we should listen twice as much as we talk. 
What about you? Do you have the right proportions; all the time, some of the time and never in a sales presentation?

Is it me or do the unions think they run some of our largest businesses here in the UK? Why do the unions think they should be in charge and dictate business strategy? Let me set my stall out now. I've never been a union member, perhaps I have believed that frank, open discussion and […]

You are ready to push the button on your marketing campaign but what if it is just too successful? What will you do when you are flooded with orders?

In the good ol’ days, contact with customers focused on 4 main channels: direct mail, cold calling, face to face meetings and off the page advertising. You had teh really think about your campaign nowadays....

As the boss have you fallen into the habit of being in your office all the time? When was the last time you went to talk to the troops – if it wasn’t this week then that’s too long!