Fun. So often lacking in business. Or forced. Or contrived. Or plain cringemaking. I laugh when I work. Lots. Sometimes others laugh with me. I suspect often at me. And my favourite feedback I get from people I work with? “It was fun.” That they enjoyed it. Do we get results? Absolutely. Funnily enough (funny […]
Bite Size Business Tips
Shall we sell something new?
Are new services the answer to your growth ambitions? In every engagement I have with consulting or agency CEOs, we always hit the question of “Should we start to offer xyz service?” when we talk strategy or growth. It could be to break through a plateau, to grow faster, or in response to an opportunity. […]
Negotiating. A masterclass from Sunak and von der Leyen
Love, hate or ignore him, there is much to be learned about negotiation from the Windsor Framework negotiated by Sunak and von der Leyen. Here are some key ones I take away. By way of additional context, we run a consulting training course, and within that, there’s a module on negotiation. When I go through […]
The ripples you create
The ripples you create… I was on a train going into central London yesterday. A lady came on, Korean I think, and sat down opposite me and on the other side of the aisle. She pulled out a tangerine and peeled it. She then offered some to the man sitting opposite her – a thin […]
What if growth isn’t the strategy?
Could your strategy be not to double your business / kill the opposition / become the biggest / ….. ? I was given an interesting dilemma by a CEO who I once worked with. He’d done the work with his leadership team to bring control to their operations – the first layer of our Build […]