'Networking is not selling' and if that is the only message you take from this article then I have been successful. Networking is about building relationships with people so that they get to know, like and most importantly of all trust you. Why is trust important?...

  I was invited by the organisers of the London Climate Technology Conference to emcee this important conference that included many distinguished speakers and panelists. It was a packed agenda over a two day period and I would like to share with you five more...

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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 Accountancy practice or something similar. On the surface it appears to answer the question but does it really and are you missing an...

We have all attended them, the meeting that rambles on with no clear focus or outcomes, where petty squabbles and side issues suck the energy out of the room. You may be asked to chair one of these meetings so here are 7 tips that will help you create a productive...

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 questions and statements where ideally your answer should be 'Yes'. If it is 'No' then you have the starting point for a business...

Apart from Social Media the predominant business tool for communications is email. Unfortunately we all tend to use it in different ways and what I would like to do is to suggest ways that will make it more effective, more productive and more safe.   Let me...

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 company language to tell a story or explain something. Perhaps like me you wondered at times what they were talking about and had to...

I covered in Wellbeing, Productivity - Part 1 the fact that we are all carrying ‘weapons of mass distraction’ aka our phones around with us and as management we must be cognisent of the impact that is having on the individual, the workplace and productivity. There...

We are all walking around carrying weapons of mass distraction on our person, namely the smartphone. For those born at the beginning of the century it is part and parcel of everyday life and the thought of not having access to it continuously would not even be...