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‘Til death do us part…maybe!
In business and in life, everyone has their own take on the word loyalty. For those in loving relationships it means ‘true to you til death’, for good friends it means ‘I’ll stand by you even when I...
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The Minutes
I was driving north to visit my dad last Saturday, listening to the lovely Graham Norton chatting to the even lovelier Alison Moyet about her new album. It’s called “The Minutes” and her reason for...
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Love is all you need
I was at a wedding recently where the priest was bemoaning the fact that we only have one word for love in the English language. ‘Indeed’ he said, ‘we are as likely to love a bag of crisps as the...
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Plan your way to growth
Having been knocked off track somewhat by recent events at home, I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed and out of it for the last few weeks. You know that feeling…everything seems the size of an elephant...
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Write a book…grow your business!
I’ve been writing a book for the last 6 months…I’ll admit I’ve always wanted to, but never really thought I would until I went on a business development programme that more or less insists that you...
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Grow your Business – who are you modelling?
When Sir Alex Ferguson retired this week and the plaudits reined in, I was struck by the tribute of the Spurs Manager, AVB who spoke with some sadness, of how young coaches like him had lost their role...
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Grow your business…like McDonald’s
There’s a reason why McDonald’s are so successful…why they have grown from one restaurant in the backwaters of Illinois, to 34,000 restaurants, and counting around the globe. You can look at society’s...
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Don’t compromise
Why is it that so many good businesses hire people who are unfriendly and have no interest in being of service to anyone, let alone a paying customer? Why would we put someone out there who we know is...
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Building Bridges
I was reminded by a friend this week, that bridges are built one strut at a time. Even those bridges that the army seem to throw up in minutes started as a single strut, possibly in some factory...
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Buck the Trend – lessons from a horse whisperer
I watched a great programme on iplayer last night about Buck Brannaman, a real life horse whisperer and the guy who made Robert Redford’s film, The Horse Whisperer, believable. What struck me most...
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Process creativity
Almost without fail, whenever I say the word ‘process’ in a conversation I can see the other person glaze over. It’s almost instantaneous …’process’…gone! It has the same effect on people as the...
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Life. Purpose or process?
James Gandolfini died this week…it was unexpected…he was only 51. It came only a few days after I’d listened to a masterclass on ‘Life Purpose’ by my lovely talented friend Helen Evans…and it got me...
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You gotta do the work…
Am I alone in thinking that 2013 has the feel of the ‘end of an era’ about it? People who have been big players in my life have passed away, or look like they will before too long – my lovely dad, my...
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Put me with the Crazy People
My mother used to tell me that I should have joined the army… as a gunner, because I was always ‘gonna do’ something. I had so many ideas, but I was happy to let life happen to me rather than actively...
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Process, Practice, Performance…Business Growth
On this gorgeously hot summer’s day with the Ashes in full swing at Lords, and The Open Golf testing the best of the best with ‘dodgy’ pin placements, it’s seems appropriate to recognise the example...
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Networking notworking? 7 steps to ease your pain
What is it about networking? Who really enjoys it…and who would rather stick pins in their eyes than go to a networking event? Networking has become a line on the to do list of every small business...
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So you want to sell your business..?
I’ve been reading a book this week called ‘Built to sell’ by a guy called John Warrillow. So many business experts have been telling me either face to face, or in the pages of their books, that ‘you...
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Just follow the instructions…
This week I bought an A3 printer…it’s a bit of a beast to be honest, but it gets rave reviews and I need it for my reports. So anyway, it arrived, I lifted it out of the box, removed the 30 ft of...
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Put me with the Crazy People
My mother used to tell me that I should have joined the army… as a gunner, because I was always ‘gonna do’ something. I had so many ideas, but I was happy to let life happen to me rather than actively...
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You gotta do the work…
Am I alone in thinking that 2013 has the feel of the ‘end of an era’ about it? People who have been big players in my life have passed away, or look like they will before too long – my lovely dad, my...
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