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.
Category: Advice
Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Protecting your business
Firms that have valuable equipment on work sites are particularly vulnerable to theft and vandalism. For those that are reliant on these tools and machinery, this can result in a loss of trade and in some cases, real cash-flow issues.
Are you a Fox or are you a Hedgehog?
Being a successful entrepreneur is hard work and people around you often doubt whether you have the credentials to be one.
How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don’t Want To
There’s that project you’ve left on the backburner – the one with the deadline that’s growing uncomfortably near. And there’s the client whose phone call you really should return – the one that does nothing but complain and eat up your valuable time. Wait, weren’t you going to try to go to the gym more often this year?
Top Tips for SMEs Dealing With Seasonal Fluctuations
All business are prone to seasonal fluctuations at any time depending on what industry they’re in, and whether they’re annually, monthly or even weekly, it’s important that they’re handled appropriately.
How to deal with negative people
Though you can’t always avoid the complainers at work, you can make certain that they don’t bring you down with them.
What not to say in a meeting
Meetings can be a huge time drain. That’s why it’s in everyone’s best interest to do all they can to keep them productive.
How to Deal With Frustrating People
Are some people driving you crazy and blocking your path to success?
Top 5 Auto Enrolment Pitfalls for Small Businesses
With the introduction of auto enrolment pensions there’s been a lot of talk about the problems it can cause and some small businesses are even threatening to boycott the legislation.
5 tax traps to avoid in the new tax year
The UK’s tax system is a vast quagmire of rules with lots of pitfalls lurking in wait for unwary small business owners.
The key to lasting behavioral change
Think Goal, Not Tactic
The 5 biggest mistakes when using storytelling in business
Storytelling can be a powerful tool for building and promoting your business – but only if you get it right.
How to make your business cyber streetwise
The web has revolutionised way we work and businesses of all shapes and sizes rely on it to keep their companies running effectively every day
How to keep the cash flowing
A healthy working capital is the lifeblood of any business, big or small. Unfortunately, hitting the right balance between money coming in versus that due out is a delicate balancing act, and isn’t easily mastered.
Tackling late payment
Get paid by business customers on time… or as close to it as possible!
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