Ideas for Success – October 2023
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Quote for the Day“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.”Stephen Covey Focusing Your Sales MessageAnita Shaw, Director
When asked to quote for a piece of work we professionals tend to quote a range say eight to ten thousand pounds. We are thinking of ten, but the client is thinking of eight
A key part of your duty as a responsible employer is to develop your people
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept it and try to put together something that’s good.
We need to keep reminding our customers and potential customers that we are still out there willing and able to help.
We are living in very strange times. Recently, we went from a respected member of the G7 to a Banana Republic and then, within days, started the long journey back, all in the space of a few weeks.
How do you avoid the noise, and Focus on what is critical to you and your businesses survival?
We are still grappling with the effects of Covid, and we now face supply chain problems and roaring inflation particularly with energy costs
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Earlier this year, I surveyed my clients’ top three issues in 2022 and Recruitment, Retention and Hybrid Working were the biggest challenges, so I chose these subjects for my May Growth & Profit Club Workshop
I recently had a coaching session with a client on the topic of discounting – it applies to most businesses so I thought you might benefit from an anonymised recap.
We are conditioned to believe that clever successful people multitask. But research show that it takes twenty-five minutes to recover from an interruption. It also shows us that Multitasking slows you down.