SMEs

27/10/2017

Apprenticeship Myths

I am extremely thankful to Aron Myerthall aron.myerthall@ior.org. of the British Institute of Recruiters for constructing the following article that I have edited slightly to form an emphasis on Apprenticeships in a wider context than for the recruitment sector that Aron represents. For those reading this article and who have direct interest in the recruitment […]

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Personal Development, Sales Consultancy, SMEs, Training
23/03/2017

How does Well-Being play a role in modern leadership?

I was forwarded an interesting article recently on Well Being and began to read with my normal amount of skepticism on the subject, eat less, take more time off, be careful how much alcohol you consume….however the article posed an interesting concept of well-being as a skill and not just a mind-set. The link provided […]

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Coaching, Personal Development, SMEs, Third Sector, Training, Uncategorised, Voluntary Sector
13/02/2017

How will the changes to data protection affect you?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will give people more control over their personal information when it is passed into law in 2018, this will supersede the current UK’s outdated Data Protection Act, which was drafted way back in the 1990’s. Whilst a good thing for us as consumers, what challenges might these changes mean to your organisation? In […]

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Sales Consultancy, SMEs, Third Sector, Voluntary Sector
28/01/2017

Developing a coaching and mentoring culture can support SME’s with staff recruitment and retention.

    One of the biggest challenges my clients face today is the difficulty in recruiting and retaining good quality staff that will help them to grow their businesses. It’s  difficult for SMEs to recruit and retain staff when they have to compete with larger organisations that are able to offer higher wages and more […]

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Coaching, Personal Development, SMEs, Uncategorised
01/12/2016

Will next year deliver more of the same or are you looking for something better?

  Do you recall the character that Bill Murray plays in the movie Groundhog Day, cynical and grumpy weather forecaster Phil Connors finds himself trapped in a time loop while covering the ritual of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, until he learns that he must change his behaviour, the days just keep repeating themselves. I draw […]

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Coaching, Sales Consultancy, SMEs, Third Sector, Training, Uncategorised
04/10/2016

EMCC Thames Valley Network Group

I am incredibly excited about working with my colleague and peer coach, Dr Ranjit Manghnani who runs Guru Coaching www.gurucoaching.webs.com and taking on the role to manager and run the EMCC Thames Valley Network Group. The EMCC exists to develop, promote and set the expectation of best practice in mentoring and coaching across Europe and […]

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Coaching, Education Sector, Sales Consultancy, SMEs, Third Sector, Voluntary Sector
22/09/2016

What now for SME’s with no government support.

News Update: 23 May 2012:  £200 million programme delivers growth support for England’s most ambitious small businesses. (Source:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/growthaccelerator-for-small-businesses)  Growth Accelerator has launched today, designed to help up to 26,000 of England’s brightest businesses achieve their ambition and potential. The new partnership between the government and the private sector will see proven business experts working with companies to […]

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Coaching, Personal Development, SMEs, Uncategorised
17/12/2015

6 things high performing sales teams have in common

As in our previous article ‘If your sales team can’t develop, how can your business grow?’ – the most effective way of ensuring your business succeeds is to have a motivated staff. If your sales team is not motivated and empowered to produce results, then it’s simple, they won’t. But finding a method to develop […]

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Coaching, Sales Consultancy, SMEs
12/11/2015

Coaching for SMEs can help with staff retention

It’s sometimes difficult for SMEs to recruit and retain staff when they have to compete with larger organisations who are able to offer higher wages and more incentives. Traditionally these larger firms have been able to take the pick of the university graduates with competitive salaries and exciting benefits to woo the best talent no […]

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Coaching, SMEs, Training