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auto pilot

Are you letting your reactions and responses be dictated by your past experience and beliefs…or are your responses a result of what is actually happening in the moment? Life is varied and we have to react to lots of different things through our days and weeks.…

Party on the job

I recently heard the most beautiful story and this weird few days before New Year felt like a good time to share it. Have you ever gone through a toll booth? Pull up to the kiosk, hand over your money, thank you and off you…

comedy and sales

Who makes you laugh? If you were going to see a comedian live would would it be? Jimmy Carr at The Comedy Store? Katherine Ryan at the O2 Arena? Michael Macintyre Live at the Apollo? Do you think these legends started out at these massive…

Imagine you could hand pick 100 people that would become new customers. Chances are that you would want them to be similar to your very best current customers. Am I right? Creating a profile of your ideal customer is useful for your business strategy, marketing…

Gym equipment

The concept of business coaching can be received with a little bit of scepticism: it is a fairly new concept, those unfamiliar may be cautious and there are a lot of preconceived ideas. A recent objection that peaked my interest though was “I feel like it…

Planning session in the office

Organisations can spend a lot of time and money establishing a unique culture that makes them a more effective business. Creating a culture is a complicated process. Establishing the cultural environment of your business takes more than just words to set a vibe.  It requires…

Pen on paper - ready for a to do list

Are you the sort of person that plans you day or not at all? Do you start the day by writing a“to-do” list? What is your first step when sitting down to work? I am going to suggest that it is actually much better to…

Gold Medal

How inspiring have you found the Olympics and Paralympics to be? So many incredible stories of human strength, dedication and resilience throughout both in the epitome of sport performance. Can we take some of the lessons and inspiration from the sports arena into the business…

Discount up to 25% off label

Great sales people are amazingly persuasive, focused and goal driven. But sometimes sales people use the power of discounts to clinch the sale. Do you have one of those salespeople in your team? One who thinks that a discount is the easiest, way to make…

Success on a notepad

At a sales conference for all the sales force of a large company, the ‘top dog’, a man who personified success and who’d consistently hit the highest sales figures for the last 15 years, and who earned more money than even the owner of his…

Football boot on ball

As a business owner, do you struggle to be everywhere you need to be sometimes? Have you ever considered where you are stood within your company to be able to see everything going on? In this video, David talks about your business like a football…