Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
This week’s Dragons’ Den began with a little disappointment for me. Not because of the pitch or product, but because of the Dragons’ reaction to it. Do you ever find yourself in the situation where you completely understand something, maybe a joke or reference, but it seems completely lost on everyone else? This is exactly how I felt.
If your business manages to make it through all 3 company life cycles it has most likely reached its full potential. Most businesses do not, unfortunately.
In his latest article, Professor Graham Jones of Top Performance Consulting explores the important distinction between ‘leadership’ development and ‘leader’ development and looks at what really underpins a leader’s success.
There are 168 hours in a week; this is immutable truth. That sounds like a lot, but is it really enough time to cover the demands of a successful career, family involvement, and everything else that makes up a fulfilling life?
For years now there has been talk of how business is driving IT to move to cloud. In many cases, business teams go so far as to circumvent IT and buy cloud services themselves, taking decisions into their own hands.
Businesses spend a lot on marketing and advertising; advertising spend in the UK hit a new high of almost £14bn in 2013 and is set to increase to £14.8bn this year.
In early April a series of reports appeared online in the United States and the United Kingdom lamenting the “lazy French.” A new labour law in France had apparently banned organisations from e-mailing their employees after 6 p.m.
Catch up with the latest pitches to brave the Dragons’ Den and find out what drove Peter Jones to drink.
This month in his regular column Johnny McGinley shares with us his thoughts on change communications for SMEs.
Amongst all the tools entrepreneurs have, there is no doubt in my mind that the most significant is their experience and knowledge. This is something which, often can’t be quantified in the same way as profits or net worth figures, but makes a huge difference to a business’s employees, as well as others who want to start a business.
These are things you don’t need to learn in books or B-schools. Build on these personal traits to become a more effective leader.
Just because you have a degree in something, it doesn’t mean it’s what you’re meant to do.
Everything is far from rosy in the popular Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury which could be under threat after its owners, the ‘Naked Gardeners’ announced their intention to divorce.
In this week’s blog, leading Sales Expert Andy Preston explains what sales lessons we can learn from England’s dismal failure at the World Cup and how you can ensure you and your team perform far better.
Why entrepreneurs have to make time to think about who they really want to be.
