RARE Business: People, Performance, Growth, Marketing and Customer Service
In a recent article about employee motivation from HR Magazine called Employers face a challenge to retain their most talented employees, warns a Randstad survey, the article and survey talked about how employers don’t really understand what motivates their employees, they are conscious of managing costs and that employees bemoan the fact that employers are [...]
Adrian is currently away on a holiday adventure so we thought you’d enjoy a dip into the archives to re-visit some posts that you may not have seen. Enjoy. Originally posted on December 4th, 2009 Childhood memories can be wonderful things and opportunities to learn and re-learn important lessons. ….Remember going to the circus when [...]
One of the things that I often hear when speaking at events, working with clients or out networking with business colleagues is….. ‘That’s all well and good, Adrian, but where am I going to find the time to do all that?” People often complain that they do not have enough time. But the fact of [...]
I am very excited as today’s guest post is a video post by Chris Ducker of Virtualbusinesslifestyle.com and is the first guest video post on my blog . Chris is originally from the UK and now lives out in the Philippines where he runs his own company, Live2Sell, offering quality call center services, as well [...]
photo credit: alancleaver_2000 Ben Lumley is a Motivational Speaker and Trainer from the UK who writes about personal development at 6aliens.com. Why not connect with him on Twitter @6aliens or if you liked this article then why not subscribe to his RSS Feed? There was a time when workers just went to work to work. [...]
Working “In” vs. Working “On” Your Business Whether you are an entrepreneur running your own business or an executive running a unit or a team: How much time are you investing in working “on” your business as compared to getting caught up in the day to day stuff? And, what is that costing you and [...]
Are You listening? Listen more to improve customer service, sales, productivity and growth This article is about improving and growing all parts of our businesses by listening. One of the biggest challenges in relationships, whether in teams, business, sales, social, family or personal, is that they don’t listen as much as they should. Listening is [...]
Given that its the first workday after our (Hana, my partner, and mine) 40th birthday party, I thought this would be an appropriate post. It’s an old favourite but worth sharing again. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play [...]
Have you heard this before? Why would we train people in new skills when they will use them to get a job elsewhere? Now, take a moment to think about what you are saying here. It seems to me that you are saying a number of things: We don’t believe that our people will stay [...]
Ideas are the fuel that has taken us from cave-dwellers to where we are now. Ideas are the source of inspiration for new companies and growth in established companies. If these things are true, then why do companies do everything in their power to suppress their employee’s ideas to the point of not encouraging, investigating [...]
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