The Exactitude of Attitude How attitude is a good predictor of prospective employee success, and how you can identify those with the right attitude for your business. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions The top challenge for CEOs according to a survey from the Conference Board (January 2013) is Human Capital – the ability […]
VIEW POSTThe Challenges of Middle Management by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Why middle-management is essential for business survival and the risks you run of if you lose or alienate them. Middle management. Often described as the ‘backbone’ of the company, they provide the continuity across the business and the key people for getting things […]
VIEW POSTHow to Keep Top Young Managers by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Keeping top young managers – your future talent pipeline – is hard. Find out what they are looking for so you can retain them for longer. You have spent a lot of time, effort, resources and money in getting the best young […]
VIEW POSTMaking Better Decisions – Using the Decision Matrix by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Decisions are made in a subjective and varied way, creating poor decisions and contributing to poor outcomes. See how a simple tool can help you make better decisions – whether at business or home. When making business decision we often […]
VIEW POSTThe 12 Ways to Engage & Retain Staff – Part 5 by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions 12 Ways to Engage & Retain Staff, Image (c) People Insight In the first blog in this series we looked at why employee engagement is so important and provided an overview of Gallup’s findings from its extensive […]
VIEW POSTBusiness Lessons from Fishing by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions What do good anglers know which we can use in driving stronger business growth and results? Fishing is one of the most popular leisure time pursuits in the world. There is something about going out there, rod in hand, to capture that ever elusive […]
VIEW POSTLeadership & Decision-Making by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Why are decisions and their outcomes separate? What can you do to have decisions that drive results? Read on here…. Leadership requires courage and initiative. As such a leader needs to be willing to make a decision or take action. Decision-making is an act of […]
VIEW POSTThe 12 Ways to Engage & Retain Staff – Part 2 by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions In our previous blog, we looked at why employee engagement is so important and provided an overview of Gallup’s findings from its extensive research. This was summarised in the following 12 ways to engage employees. In this […]
VIEW POSTThe 5 Myths & Realities of Leadership for New Managers by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions What are the myths that new managers and leaders believe, and what are the realities? This article explores them and how new managers and leaders effectively lead and engage their teams. Your initial experience as a new manager […]
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