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...
View ArticleProcess 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...
View ArticleProcess, 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...
View ArticleSo 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...
View ArticleAdding value…or working for free?
When does adding value tip over into working for free? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself for the past few weeks as I’ve watched a business friend of mine put in hour after hour of extra work...
View ArticleBusting the 5 myths around Process
It has to be said that Process is a dog with a bad name. It’s rarely something that inspires or excites. But it should be…because the truth is that process is a liberator, a freedom-giver, a time...
View ArticleThe Communication Process…it’s personal
I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet this week about communication…not the big customer communication stuff we’d usually talk about here…it’s the little stuff that’s got me all hot under the collar...
View ArticleIs your Passion driving your Profits?
Why are you in business? It’s one of the most fundamental questions that every business owner should be able to answer. What is the underlying reason behind why you set up your business? The most...
View ArticleBusiness is all about Relationships. True or False?
Back in the day, an old boss once said to me ‘It’s not about relationships Marianne, it’s about results’. I disagreed with her at the time, and over the years I have become even more convinced that...
View ArticleTell me WHY?
The question why is usually associated with small children… ‘Why is that lady fat mummy?’ ‘Why is the sky blue? Why do I have to wear those shoes? …the bane of every parent’s life, the ‘but WHY..?’...
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