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How to Give (and Receive) Positive Criticism
Being able to give out honest but constructive criticism is a key part of being an effective manager but can you receive it just as well? People management is all about motivating employees to realize their full potential and offering constructive feedback is a...
Keeping in touch pays off!
Do you want to know the secret of increasing your conversion rate massively but without spending a fortune? Have you ever wondered why so many successful businesses are forever bombarding you with emails or mail shots (or in some cases phone calls)? Well, the...
Sales Coaching
The greatest challenge for most sales professionals today is maintaining a successful level of performance and productivity in their career and a fulfilling personal life. Sales professionals are faced with new issues and challenges that didn't exist before....
Top Performing athletes invest in a coach…Top performing Business people do too…. Business Coaching – quite simply it works!
It used to be coaches were only for MDs and CEO’s of major organisations but now many owners and managers of smaller SME organisations are experiencing the benefits of using qualified business coaches – how about you? A Business Coach is a qualified professional...
Your Sales Strategy
Effective marketing is crucial to the success of any business. Simply understanding your market is not enough. You need to build on your marketing plans, turning theory into profits. A good sales strategy will help you identify and take advantage of the best...
The Essence of Organisational Change
Have you ever considered what it means when a group undergoes a change? It is not the organisation that changes – it is the behaviours of the team members – the individuals. It is the change in collective behaviour that produces different outcomes for the...
Is workplace conflict killing your organisation?
Workplace conflict just seems to be a fact of life. It’s time consuming, kills motivation and is counter-productive. We’ve all seen situations where different people with different goals and needs have come into conflict. And we’ve all seen the often-intense personal...
Is email overload killing you?
Did you know that U.S. Workers spend 13 hours per week reading, writing or responding to email? (Statistics from a report by the McKinsey Global Institute) Are emails causing you stress both in and out of the office? Are the “pings” of your email or text alerts now an...
Do you need to be able to dance to sell a TV?
There are many advantages to being self-employed. First, you no longer have to worry about the boss. Second: you no longer have to suffer the Recruitment “Assessment” Centre. A few weeks ago, I read about poor Alan Bacon, the media graduate who applied for a job at a...