How to Become An Effective Home Worker
On the face of it what is there not to like about working from home? There is no rush hour traffic to contend with and you can stay in bed until 5 minutes before you are due to start work! … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Motivation
How to Get the Best From Your Sales Team
Does your company employ a salesperson or a sales team? Are they meeting targets or have they lost their way and no longer bring in the business? Before you decide that you need to change personnel ask yourself if you … Continue reading →
The Power of Positivity
What does positivity actually mean? The definition of positivity according to Merriam-Webster: the quality or state of being positive. something that is positive. It’s a state of mind and something we can all do or be affected by. The Power … Continue reading →
Goal Setting
Are your goals set solely for your business or do you make personal targets too? For 2015 I have set 3 goals, 2 for personal attainment and 1 for the business. What do all 3 goals have in common? I will need … Continue reading →
Another Tick on the Bucket List
“You’ve got to try this!!” Sounds reasonably innocuous, could apply to so many things. In this case it was the words shouted out as I hit the ground having just ‘fallen’ 2 and a half miles straight down. When Andy … Continue reading →
Jump for Charity
Do any of you remember the Baz Luhrmann song ‘Everybody is free (to wear sunscreen)’? The lyrics are written as if they were a graduation speech from some learned chap offering advice to the class of ’99. One of the … Continue reading →
How to Increase Engagement
In a previous blog we looked at some of the numbers behind why engaging your employees is so important – the hard facts about why we should care about the ‘fluffy stuff’. This blog looks at some simple steps we … Continue reading →
Employee Engagement The ‘Fluffy Stuff’
Employee Engagement We often recognise it, when we walk into a business you can tell who is bored or distracted, equally who is focussed and engaged. When we ask people to describe an environment with engaged employees they talk about … Continue reading →
Confidence, Passion, Enthusiasm
When developing, promoting or selling your business you have to have the confidence in your product or service. If you don’t have that confidence that will come across and if you don’t believe in yourself, why should anyone else? Confidence … Continue reading →
Networking for Dummies
As a business owner coming to the end of a networking cycle, I am reviewing my business networking and what it has meant to my business over the last 5 years. Is networking for dummies, or have I gained real … Continue reading →
Promote Yourself
Promote yourself Blow your own horn! After all no one will trumpet for you. As a small business owner you are the one that is the most passionate about your product or service, right?!? Then shout about it! I see … Continue reading →
If you don’t believe in yourself…
… why should anyone else? And no I am not talking about jumping off a fifty foot building and suddenly learning the ability to fly. However, for the most simple of every tasks, in life and in business. Some people … Continue reading →