In our age of technology and digital dexterity we read more and more via screens than we ever did.The growth of the Internet has led to us consuming news and engaging with each other in different forms, and as a result of this numerous traditional newspapers and magazines have gone out of business.How do you [...]
I had just finished delivering my depressing weekly update verbally to my boss. Things were not looking good. And then he said, “Don’t come in here and tell me how f#@&ed up everything is, tell me how we are going to fix it.”Those immortal words, from one of my early bosses, have stayed with me forever. [...]
Have you ever been without Wi-Fi for more than a few days? If not, can you imagine what it’s like? I would bet you there are thousands, if not millions of people who would rather be without gas, electricity or water than Wi-Fi.We were recently without Wi-Fi for nearly a week thanks to the incredible [...]
I love Christmas. I was brought up in a family in England where my mother revered it, worked hard at it and made it a wonderful and memorable experience for all of the family, every year.She surrounded us with Christmas festivity and atmosphere. We had decorations all around the house and always had a fairy [...]
I was with a potential client a few weeks ago at a meeting and was observing a conversation, actually more of a debate. It was getting quite heated and, as it approached boiling point, I interjected a quick quip that stopped them both in their tracks and they laughed. It was a tension reliever moment. [...]
I was meeting with a very successful sales consultancy company last week and we were discussing the kind of typical problems they come across working with their clients.They described a few of situations they had faced and we spent some time talking about ways to overcome them and what advice they provided. Copyright: mackoflower / [...]
I was watching a soccer game last week and one of the coaches was yelling instructions, criticizing individual players and berating the overall team performance.There was little encouragement to motive the team and they were already down 0-1, and after another 20 minutes the deficit had increased to 0-3.The half time ‘pep talk’ was about [...]
I was talking to a friend of mine last week who had recently joined the partner marketing group in his company. He was excited about the move and he was telling me about some of the partners they were looking at. Copyright: ximagination / 123RF Stock Photo I asked him some questions, as we consultants [...]
Meetings are events in which I have spent numerous hours sitting in and many more hours discussing and blogging about as I believe they are one of the primary areas where we can save so much time and be so much more productive. As James T. Kirk once said, "A meeting is an event where [...]
Why is it that when budgets have to be cut the future of the company’s people and relationships is not considered? Short-term actions are taken to save money now, which can have huge adverse effects on the future growth, structure and potential of the business. Let’s take a look at a smart way to look [...]