Leadership & 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 3 by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions 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 research. This was summarised in the 12 ways to engage employees. […]
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 POSTHow to Optimize When Managing Costs by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions How to identify which costs need to be addressed, their importance and impact, and how to develop and prioritise your cost management program for the optimal effect. Many businesses are concerned with the changes that are occurring in their marketplaces. Changes in […]
VIEW POSTThe 12 Ways to Engage & Retain Staff – Part 1 by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Employee engagement is becoming increasingly important as businesses compete for a dwindling skilled labour force as experienced baby-boomers retire and a smaller, relatively inexperienced workforce enters the market and progresses through the ranks. The need to attract, […]
VIEW POST“Do You Think You Can Tell?” – Part 2 of 2 by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions 9 tips on how to meet your goals and grow your capabilities In Part 1 of this article we identified why we are our own worst enemy when it comes to identifying how to improve ourselves. Here […]
VIEW POST“Do You Think You Can Tell?” – Part 1 of 2 by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Can you tell how good your performance is or how you can improve? Read on to find out, you might be surprised… Those of you who are Pink Floyd fans will immediately recognise the lyrics from the […]
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 […]
VIEW POSTDon’t Cut Costs – Manage Them by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions How to avoid being a cost-cutter and create a thriving business from managing your costs. When times are hard the knee-jerk reaction for many businesses is to cut costs. Don’t do it! Or to put it another way – don’t do it! […]
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