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Top tips for businesses expanding abroad

With the economic recovery now well underway many UK businesses are looking beyond these shores to expand into new markets that will enable them to broaden…

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A matter of life and death

Talking about death in the workplace isn’t enjoyable, but it is essential says John Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer at Ellipse.

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Getting feedback can improve leadership

Asking for feedback can give leaders insight into their blind spots, ensure greater self-awareness and a deeper understanding of how they need to improve their performance.

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Don’t let the World Cup turn ugly!

It may or may not have escaped your attention, but there’s a rather large football tournament taking place in Brazil, that starts today.

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Data Losses: Times Change, but the Threat Remains

How should organisations mitigate their risk of suffering a damaging data breach? Steve Smith, MD of security consultancy Pentura describes a stepwise approach to the problem

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Need to make redundancies?

Redundancies are a harsh reality that many businesses may be forced to face and it is a difficult process for both employers and employees to go…

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6 Essential Strategies for Growing Your Business

Expanding a business creates a whole new set of challenges but it is important that your business doesn’t stagnate and is constantly moving forward.

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Psychology of the Sales Process

There are seven stages of the sales process, but before I tell you them all, let me first emphasise that you do not have to do…

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Making your emotions work for you

Your emotions matter in negotiations. They fuel your behaviors, energise you, and allow you to strengthen—or distance and damage—relationships with the people you’re negotiating with.

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Cold Calling Conundrums – 7 Common Mistakes

Whenever I’m working with salespeople and business owners to help them generate better results from their cold calling, I start by looking at their current performance,…

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How to get productive

Forget the apps. True productivity requires discipline and simplicity.