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    60 powerful business apps for a better and easier life
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Mar 31
    • 2 min

    60 powerful business apps for a better and easier life

    Here are a range of apps for both your business and personal life that are designed to make your life easier. Images Cleanpng...
    What do you do?
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Mar 29
    • 3 min

    What do you do?

    What do you do maybe one of the most common questions you are asked and it is natural for people to reply by saying IT, we have an...
    7 practical tips to make internal meetings more productive
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Feb 15
    • 2 min

    7 practical tips to make internal meetings more productive

    We have all attended them, the meeting that rambles on with no clear focus or outcomes, where petty squabbles and side issues suck the...
    So you would like more business...
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Jan 12
    • 2 min

    So you would like more business...

    As we start the year every business owner is out there looking for new business opportunities. Let me help you by providing a list of...
    Email Tips and Tools for everyone
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • May 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    Email Tips and Tools for everyone

    Apart from Social Media the predominant business tool for communications is email. Unfortunately we all tend to use it in different ways...
    Wellbeing - productivity part 3
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Wellbeing - productivity part 3

    I think that it is fair to say that many of us have experienced a conversation where the person talking used acronyms and in house...
    3 simple ways to free up your time
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    3 simple ways to free up your time

    As we approach the end of the end of 2021 there is still a lot of uncertainty out there. When will lockdown finally ease and what will...
    Strategic Plan checklist and planner
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Strategic Plan checklist and planner

    We are forever hearing about the importance of Strategic Planning but from experience most business owners don't have the time to get...
    Why aren't we getting our full fees?
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    Why aren't we getting our full fees?

    This is a question that comes up on a regular basis usually relating to professional services but sometimes in relation to supplying...
    Will you continue to go it alone?
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    Will you continue to go it alone?

    One of the most common things I come across is SME business owners at the coalface, under continuous pressure resulting in stress, poor...
    Proposals that secure new business
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Nov 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Proposals that secure new business

    What is the first thing everybody does when they get a proposal, they go to the last page to see what the price is. Why is the price on...
    Strategic Planning - Part 1 - systems
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Strategic Planning - Part 1 - systems

    I wrote an article last week about the importance of creating/updating your Strategic Plan for 2021 and the opportunity that is available...
    Handy business Apps that may make a significant contribution to your productivity
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Handy business Apps that may make a significant contribution to your productivity

    I constantly search out and test business apps looking for better efficiency. I have listed out a number of these below (not in any...
    5 Tips for a Professional look on Zoom
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Oct 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    5 Tips for a Professional look on Zoom

    All organisations who need to communicate with their customers/clients and teams are experiencing an unprecedented challenge and that...
    1 organisation 2 cultures - 3 solutions
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    1 organisation 2 cultures - 3 solutions

    Very quickly I realised, this was different. Even though it is so many years ago, I remember stepping into that lift in the Bank's Head...
    The importance of having a business coach and mentor.
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 8 min

    The importance of having a business coach and mentor.

    We all have a choice, go it alone or seek out an experienced guide to help you shortcut our journey. Running any business is a task full...
    Testimonials - a passport to new business
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Testimonials - a passport to new business

    Having talked with so many business owners over the last 40+ years I hear the same views about testimonials and that is how important...
    Networking tips for a digital age
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    Networking tips for a digital age

    Before I go into the secrets of networking I would like to put some context into why I am in a position to help you with this often...
    Travel Checklists - make sure you have everything for your next business or leisure trip
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    Travel Checklists - make sure you have everything for your next business or leisure trip

    It is very easy to rush out to a meeting and forget important items. Here are 3 check lists that you can print out each time as a...
    Technology - apps and links to make your business life easier
    Alec Drew - The Business Expert
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Technology - apps and links to make your business life easier

    Here are a range of apps designed to make life simple. Finance SumUp - allows you to take card payments without being physically...
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    Alec Drew, KBE shares his passion and knowledge around productivity and communications with business leaders both nationally and internationally. A major part of his 40 years in business was spent as Managing Partner of a highly successful branding agency where he worked with a wide range of CEO’s across all sectors. His insightful questioning and straight talking opened up new conversations, giving them fresh insights into their own organisations and uncovering valuable revenue streams that were previously overlooked. One strategy helped his clients achieve €3.23 billion in additional sales over a 5 year period.

    He regularly demonstrates the positive effect on shareholder value when all levels of an organisation speak the same language.

    As an international speaker he shows very quickly how a simple shift in mindset can have such a positive impact on the bottom line. He hates waffle, verbose explanations and jargon and his talks get straight to the point in a no nonsense but entertaining way. ’Hiding in Plain Sight - The Unintended Consequence of Technology on Profitability’ is a fresh and honest look at the 4th Industrial Revolution and the combined effects of technology, science and communications on productivity, wellbeing and shareholder value.

    He hosts a weekly radio show where business leaders from all sectors share seminal moments in their lives. Asking insightful questions he encourages guests to retrace their steps from the start of their career to where they are now and talk about key influencers that shaped their success. It gives listeners their weekly fix of encouragement to believe in themselves and demonstrates the abundance of resources that are available to help you complete your journey to destination SUCCESS.

    He is Past President of the Professional Speaking Association, Ireland, a member of the PSA and the Global Speaking Federation.

    'The concept of business is simple until you let a human being near it' - Alec Drew

    alec@alecwdrew.com

    +353 87 271 1955