When they lend money they think “CAMPARI & ICE”!Now we all know bankers like a good lunch but this is an acronym as follows. C haracterA bility (How good are you at what you do?)M eans (What’s your overall financial… Read More »Borrowing form the bank? Here are your manager’s secrets
Nicloa of Kintish went to a BNI meeting today and heard the following These are the questions that Kevin @ Yorkshire bank suggested we asked if we can not decide which person we should have for the job- 1 We… Read More »Brilliant questions to ask at an interview
Every day we lose clients. They die, they retire, they merge,they sell, they don’t need your services any more. Oh and they become dissatisfied with your costs or services and go to the opposition. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY TO… Read More »What have you done today to sustain or grow your business?
I presented a networking skills workshop to Halliwells plc today, a major UK law firm. What is so unusual about that? Simply that my audience was made up of first year trainees, many of whom only started work last week.… Read More »What modern day professional services companies do.
Ann Davies my Business Development Director has recently been on a family holiday. On one particular day while she was relaxing by the pool, her 6 year old daughter, Morgan, shouted out “Mum, you don’t earn as much money as… Read More »Things kids say…..
Pleasure and pain are usually thought of as contrasting pairs. They are opposites of each other because one is considered to be good and the other bad. They are a pair because they represent two extremes on the same scale.… Read More »Pain -v- pleasure. Are you unfit and / or overweight?
1 They are safe havens for even the most inexperienced networkers2 You market yourself to a number of people all at once3 It helps you with your presentations skills and overall self-confidence4 When you attend regularly you build trust- leading… Read More »Key reasons you should join formal networking clubs
Focusing on two or three key business or personalissues does something else for your behaviour. It triggers your Reticular Activating System. Your brain is assaulted by thousands of messages each second. Everything you see, hear, smell, feel and touch is… Read More »Reticular activating sytems + working the room
If you are lazy like me and would rather listen than read an Adobe document (PDF) click to ‘view’ on the top menu and you will see a line “Read out aloud”. Click on there and just listen to the… Read More »Would you rather listen than read? This is fantastic
Barny, my friend, said this last week and it got me thinking.There has to be a reason to want to learn. That’s why kids often waste so much time at school. Who wants to learn geography or history? It needs… Read More »We don’t learn until we’re really ready
