Do you run a small business in the UK and are you asking yourself if

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The first part is to go through a series of questions answering them truthfully and this will then assist you in working out whether you…

The unwritten rules in an organisation and its effects

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The unwritten rules in an organisation and its effects I am sure you would have noticed that many people and the media are currently up in arms about Elon Musk letting go of people at Twitter following his recent

Most Business Books don’t work unless you do

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Most Business Books don’t work unless you do Most business books don’t work just as knowledge in general as it comes down to simply what you do with what you know! Most business book are bought at a moment

It’s a small world after all

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It’s a small world after all! Traditionally, learning took place in a formal classroom/lecture setting, but in a post Covid world – virtual classrooms have increased in popularity. We now learn more than ever before from a variety of

From lurking to learning by sharing

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From lurking to learning by sharing Traditional learning transformed; learning has mainly been the domain of being delivered in a formal classroom/lecture setting for generations, but in a post Covid world- more ever than before virtual classrooms have increased

The Billionaire Brothers – the thinking behind the thinking

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The Billionaire Brothers — the thinking behind the thinking. Nowadays, we are constantly reminded of other people’s successes. However, the definition and parameters of “success” have changed, the media generally are not interested in average to middling success but

Business is not the enemy

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Business is not the enemy The world of business is facing a draught of confidence, and more than ever now generally the public see business as ‘the enemy’, whether it is for tax related matters or profits being made

Questions to ask yourself

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Questions to ask yourself Questions every business leader should strive to have the answers to. Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem ‘six honest serving men’ is often quoted in business training programmes to help business leaders ask better questions of themselves

Qualities of Leadership

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Qualities of Leadership TIMES change but the qualities of leadership do not and that is why there is still so much to learn from the Florentine diplomat Nicolo Machiavelli who lived in the late 15th and early 16th century.

Why all leaders should take interest and celebrate an employee leaving

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Why all leaders should take interest and celebrate an employee leaving People leave an employer for many reasons, mostly this tends to be for career advancement, career change that may also include starting their own business, or for personal

Personal Brand V Business Vision

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Personal Brand V Business Vision Most businesses are aware of the considerable benefits of having individual staff members with strong personal brands; and this is now often regularly cultivated and encouraged. As well as the practical benefits of having

Dont get bitter get better

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Don’t get bitter, get better. No one appreciates a bad loser – whether it’s in sport, general life or business! You’ve seen the player where he doesn’t score and he becomes visibily frustrated and angry – and everyone knows

Respect your competiton

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Respect your competiton Relax, I say. Its okay to see what your competitors are doing and what they are doing well. Its okay to benchmark yourself against them and see yourself from their eyes as well as how your

How using business consultants can help unlock the power in your

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How using business consultants can help unlock the power in your business A business consultant is someone who borrows your watch to tell you the time, and then keeps your watch… or so the old joke goes. Many business

OODA Loop Theory for Business

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OODA Loop Theory for Business The OODA Loop Theory and modern business: JOHN Boyd was a US Air force fighter pilot and military strategist. He was involved in the training of combat air force fighter pilots and developed the

The issue is never the issue

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The Issue is never the issue The Greensill Capital Scandal story has been all over the media for a while with many unanswered questions and a patchwork of serious flaws within due process, governance, and potentially outright fraud, coming

Authentic, Fruitful and Lasting

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Authentic, Fruitful and Lasting You’ve heard of “know me, like me, trust me” which is regarded as a process of forming and building relationships and often quoted at networking events? Following on from that I have personal concept that

Chest Beaters need not apply

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Chest Beaters need not apply by Safaraz Ali Years may come, and years may go Time flies or Tempus Fugit as they say, We cannot stop it or change it! We can only control- what we can control, One of which

Bravado is Baloney

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Bravado is Baloney Another one of my thoughts that I shared originally last year — in my Business Networking Bites videos. I am sure many of us have heard the following sayings, and perhaps have even used them ourselves:

The rise of the MAD Entrepreneur

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The rise of the MAD Entrepreneur MAD entrepreneurs and MAD entrepreneurship – it’s not as mad as it sounds. For a few years now, Make A Difference (MAD) entrepreneurship has been my alternative name for social entrepreneurship, as I

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