Category: Opinion

Psychologist Daniel Kahneman has claimed the following as his favorite equation: success = talent + luck but great success = a little more talent + a lot of luck

Come January each year, I set myself goals to do ‘this’ and cut down on ‘that’, whilst the gym is bursting at the seams with like-minded people also trying to reverse the damage. Yet within a few months and I realise that these short-term fixes do not work and it is strict routines and disciplines that I really need.

Research has shown time and time again that employee satisfaction leads to employee loyalty, which leads to customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. A strong solid business and growth naturally follows.

If your properties are delivering a positive cash flow each month – fantastic, that’s just as it should be. But if you are just about breaking even, or worse still, losing money then you need to consider why, i.e. what are you doing wrong and what can you do to change it.

To motivate your team to achieve the highest levels of performance (and create an extraordinary organisation in the process) here are the qualities you should model every day.

Home-finder aggregator Zoopla’s decision not to renew its sponsorship deal with football club West Bromwich Albion at the end of the current season, is a unique example of a brand taking a tough stance when so many take a passive view said, crisis communications expert, Richard Merrin

SMEs have not been well served during the economic downturn. Overdrafts, business loans and other lending facilities have been hard to come by and those with cash in the business have found nil or negligible returns on their cash. James Blower, Savings Director at Shawbrook Bank, reviews this market for us.

It can often range from a 30 second social-setting pitch to a 30 minute investor pitch, but a pitch is a powerful answer to the question “what do you do?”

Extraordinary outcomes can be achieved when the right people, infrastructure, and motivation come together, says Dr. Bernard S. Meyerson, IBM Fellow and VP Innovation, ahead of his IET/BCS Turing Lecture ‘Beyond silicon: cognition and much, much more’

The workplace is a web of agendas and everyone is trying to promote their own. Entrepreneurs need to learn to prioritise their commercial interests.

A new report urges initial London pilot of 300 garages, with eventual UK-wide roll out of converting some of London’s 3,275 identified empty garages into basic studios, workshops and offices could provide the Capital’s start-up businesses with affordable space and opportunity to grow.

Have you ever wondered why selfish, arrogant, and entitled individuals are so charming? These narcissistic people have parasitic effects on society.

It’s that time of year again. You’ll no doubt be looking at your waistline or cupboard contents and thinking about making some promises to eat better and exercise more.

In this month’s column Johnny McGinley poses a uniquely alternative viewpoint to his normal digital pieces at the start of 2014. There has already been much talk about the future of digital marketing and digital tech in 2014. As a society and profession we have become focused on what “the next big thing” in technology will be.