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It’s said that inspiration is where you find it…well here is my inspiration for today. Andy Ripley is a rugby player from the 1970s; he wrote the following: Dare we hope? We dare. read more of Inspiration! On Thursday 6th May 2010 the British public will vote to decide the outcome of a general election. In doing so, the next government of the United Kingdom will be decided. The party leaders have been criss crossing the country for the last few weeks lobbying, promoting, debating their parties policies. The behaviours they display are, most read more of Leadership mutterings By definition there can only be 100% of something; 101% or 110% is just not possible otherwise IT becomes the 100%. When speaking in business if our desire is to affirm a positive commitment, why not say “I agree completely”; if we have to use percentages to express the level of our agreement/support, “I agree 100%” will read more of 100% Gravitas Gifts are a strange thing, they come loaded with expectations. When gifting you hope the recipient will be pleased to receive it; receive a gift and you may have a number of potential reactions: read more of Feedback – it’s a gift! Just as the gladiators of ancient Rome had the coliseums, there are is perhaps no better environment to observe the finest business brains, tacticians, technical innovators and seat of the pants, gung-ho egos compete than the Formula 1 motor-sport championship. Returning after the winter break, the 2010 season begins on Sunday 14th March in Bahrain. Forward thinking read more of The world’s best university How fitting for International Women’s Day; Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first woman to win best director at the Oscars, as The Hurt Locker wins the best film prize. 2010 is the 82nd time the gold statues have been awarded so why then has it taken so long for a women to win? Let’s hope the publicity associated with read more of A first for women The traditional model of rewarding an employee typically equates to ‘the-going-rate’ or ‘market level’ for the job. The employer expects and the employee agrees to a specific set of responsibilities and the implied associated activity. In return for the reward, the employee is expected to work for a ‘nominal’ number of hours. On occasion, it doesn’t matter how read more of Payment by results Road signs alert us to impending potentially hazardous situations. Heeding or ignoring them is a matter of personal choice, the signs are there whether we take notice or not. Economically, politically and socially our lives are changing. Whatever the result of the general election in May 2010 it’s certain more change will follow; the need to balance read more of Bumps ahead The so called Apple iSlate rumor mill has been busy for over 18 months; calculating how much the press speculation and resulting publicity is worth to Apple is a considerable challenge and one that is probably meaningless anyway. Safe to say it’s worth a lot. Later today, Apple holds a press conference in San Fransisco where, we read more of Apple – Corporate Secrets Here in the UK we’ve been experiencing some unseasonably cold weather for a couple of weeks. A century ago, ships set sail from this Wharf, delivering their cargo to all points of the globe. As you can see the dock has frozen-over. This image is a metaphor for business conversations we’ve experienced over the last week. Things seem read more of Frozen |
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