With BlackBerry putting itself up for sale after falling every further behind Apple and the multitude of Android devices in the market, Nicholas Fearn asks would we miss them if they were gone?
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
“Get set for economic recovery”
It is becoming increasingly evident that the UK economy is at last rebounding from the financial crisis of 2008. However this does not mean that small business operators can now sit back and await success to come to them
5 Reasons Why You Struggle With Negotiation
As an ex-professional buyer, negotiation is always an interesting topic for me. Whenever I’m working with salespeople or business owners, they often fail to get the price for their products or services that they wanted – and often get even less than they deserve for their offering.
‘Earning’ dole money will create a motivated workforce
There has been a lot of drawing of breath today over the Taxpayers’ Alliance’s view that benefit claimants should be forced to work for their money. Sounds like a lot of common sense to me.
Mentoring – become a business Yoda
Darren Fell is passionate about the business mentoring he takes part in, and believes more entrepreneurs should feel obligated to join mentoring programmes.
How to stop the bad apples ruining the team
In the corporate world, I’ve had the misfortune of working with some truly noxious individuals. You know the ones, you can spot them a mile off.
People Hire For Acceptability Not Capability
Cognitive neuroscientist and ageing specialist Dr Lynda Shaw argues we are facing an ageism epidemic in the workplace with employers more swayed by age than an employee’s calibre and potential to perform exceptionally in a role.
Helping women who want to succeed
The issue of women in leadership is both complex and emotive: discussion often tiptoes between diversity and sexism, culture and ‘correctness’.
What gender differences still exist at work?
With much talk in the media that gender differences still exist in the workplace, cognitive neuroscientist and age diversity specialist, Dr Lynda Shaw, conducted detailed research to find out what some of these perceived gender differences in the workplace are in 2013.
Flushing out the losers in Dragons’ Den: It’s all going down the toilet
For those of you who suffered through the episode of Dragons’ Den last night, you’ll know that suffer we did.
How to Negotiate like a pro: Part I
The vast majority of people that I meet are not bad negotiators. The vast majority of businesspersons l meet are also not that bad at negotiations either. So both groups are “not bad”.,,,,,,,For “not bad” read, bloody awful!
A Five Step Formula to Establish Your Big Business Strategy
When drilling down your business strategy, it’s effective to unearth the key strategic questions to keep your business focused.
From the bedroom to the bank account
In terms of getting down to business, the basics matter. The birds and the bees of business, so to speak, are the eternal, simple truths that thread through every business, big or small.
How to quit your job like a footballer
The football season is now upon us and the transfer window is getting smaller by the day! With so much in the papers this summer about ‘who’s going where’ and ‘who said what’, it got me thinking about what happens when a footballer leaves their current club.
AOL chief apologises for a public firing – but how would that work over in the UK?
I read this with amazement, that a Chief Executive could sack someone over the phone, in front of 1000 other employees sharing the teleconference and ‘almost’ get away with it, but for a public apology. The words ‘only in America’ came to mind.
