Dealing With Your Top Challenges The power of changing your challenges into questions by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Tell me: “What challenges do you face currently?” This is not a rhetorical question, think about it and spend 5-10 minutes writing them down. Do this with your colleagues. As a group define what your […]
VIEW POSTDo You Have the 3 Factors for Organizational Resilience? How to assess and develop your organization’s resilience. *by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Resilience – a word more often abused than used correctly. Resilience often is used to describe strength. Although strength is implied in resilience, it is actually not a trait (a distinguishing […]
VIEW POSTThe Power of Self-Doubt How true leaders lead with self-doubt. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions In a podcast of a lecture by Tim Macartney, which he gave at the London School of Economics, that I recently listened to – and which I would highly recommend – he shared a valuable insight which hit […]
VIEW POSTThree Tips for Express Success Quick ways to build success and momentum by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions When we come back from summer holidays, New Year celebrations or other breaks we return refreshed, reinvigorated and enthusiastic. Our desire and belief in what we can do is at an all-time high – so here […]
VIEW POSTThe Fallacy of Work-Life Balance by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Considerable effort has been devoted to discussing and developing “work-life balance” – the ability to achieve all that you want in both your personal and professional lives. The problem with this is that “work-life balance” doesn’t exist! Let me explain. Work-life balance is […]
VIEW POSTThe Motivation Trap by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Why motivation alone is not enough, you need more… Imagine what would happen if your favorite football team took the field and the ONLY training they received in the last 8 months had been sitting in a room. Within the room, they’d be listening to legends […]
VIEW POST3 Ways to Improve How You Work by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions We are often so busy doing the work that we forget to take a step back and give ourselves the time to focus and re-energize ourselves. Here are 3 tips for improving your personal effectiveness, no matter what you do. 1. […]
VIEW POSTFive Strategic Tips for a Profitable Future by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions A recently published book, Understanding Michael Porter: The essential guide to competition and strategy (Magretta, 2012), compiles and applies the work of management guru, Michael Porter. Full of useful insights, here are five pearls of wisdom that can, if applied, create […]
VIEW POST3 Key Ideas to Help Business Leaders Succeed by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Here are three tips to help you succeed. Understand what your customers REALLY want going ahead When planning for how you will evolve your products and services start by sitting down with your best customers and asking them these two […]
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