'No' is sometimes the best answer
One of the strange quirks of doing business in Ireland is the inability of the Irish to say 'No'. Now you do not have to be that blunt...
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Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Apr 13, 2022
- 4 min
What is the value of an organisation chart?
When we are starting out in business we have the ability to remember virtually every aspect of our business. It is in our head and we can...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Mar 29, 2022
- 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...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Feb 15, 2022
- 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...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Sep 6, 2021
- 4 min
What's your favourite topic?
We all know our favourite topic and the challenge is to manage it so we do not lose our audience, Whether in a social setting or business...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
Resilience - part 2 of the challenge
People are aware of situations, their own emotional reactions, and the behaviour of those around them. We face new challenges as those...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Wellbeing - productivity - part 2
I covered in Wellbeing, Productivity - Part 1 the fact that we are all carrying ‘weapons of mass distraction’ aka our phones around with...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
Wellbeing - productivity - part 1
We are all walking around carrying weapons of mass distraction on our person, namely the smartphone. For those born at the beginning of...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
Resilience - reputational damage
Reputational damage often results from a gap between what a company says and what it is perceived to have done. One of the most important...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Mar 24, 2021
- 3 min
Productivity - emails
How much is email costing your organisation every year, well according to a report from the International Journal of Internet and...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
3 questions to ask yourself about technology
I arrived home one day to see the new 55 inch flat screen TV with a child's fingermarks all over the screen. Strange I thought as I...
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...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Oct 19, 2020
- 3 min
Could 2021 be as chaotic as 2020 for you?
2020 was an unprecedented challenge and a reminder of how vulnerable our organisations can be. Working with business owners we discovered...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
I don't know what we do....
If you were asked the following question, what would be your response? 'What do you do’ or what area of business are you in or something...
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