Category: Advice

They’re small things, but each has the power to dramatically change someone’s day. Including yours.

Management in all business and organisational activities is defined in dictionaries as the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organising, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organisation (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal.

Email marketing is one of the oldest online marketing techniques, but it’s still one of the most effective. The Direct Marketing Association estimates a return on investment of over £40 for every £1 spent on email, nearly twice that of search marketing.

As a responsible company in the 21st Century, regardless of your attitude to human resources, there are some elements of it that you cannot afford to ignore. Your staff are one of, if not the, biggest cost to the business. You want to be sure you are doing everything correctly, legally and appropriately, but at the same time fit for purpose.

SO the New Year is upon us. We all sat underneath the striking clock of midnight and made our resolutions, only to forget or regret them the minute we awoke the next day. Then we rolled back into work on January 2 to that sinking feeling of ‘darn, I need to do my appraisals/reviews and set some objectives for the year’.

Your company is filled with creative employees. Some of them are easy to pinpoint and many others are brimming with untapped potential that can help your business thrive in an ever-changing market.

Are you frustrated with your own impatience and the pace of others? Here are three ways to cope and make time your friend.

The need for staff to pull together has never
been more important as bigger workloads, tighter targets and uncertainty take their toll on many organisations. Pam Jones, a director at Ashridge Business School, explains how to build teams that can thrive in these testing times.

If Stephen Covey tells us that to be effective we should always begin with the end in mind (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) then few businesses Owner/ Managers seem to pay heed!

Some leaders have a powerful presence, seemingly dripping charisma from every pore. They engage easily with others, and give moving persuasive talks even under duress. In his book, Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within, performance coach Achim Nowak looked at this elusive quality and gives five tips for upping your X-factor.

If you believe what you read in the papers, the third Monday of January is the most depressing day of the year. The idea of Blue Monday is of course a load of PR guff, based on spurious calculations around post-Christmas debt levels and the amount of time passed since failing our New Years resolutions.

Use these three simple steps to increase productivity at work and boost your accomplishments.

There comes a time when a start-up needs to make a conscious effort to mature. Here’s how to do it.

It’s no secret that social media is currently enjoying tremendous success – in both the B2B and B2C arena – with small businesses finally beginning to embrace its many advantages.

One of the most positive aspects of the growth of social media is the way it empowers people.