The Only 2 Ways to Reach Your Customers by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions There are two ways to market to and gain customers, and two ways only. Either you reach out to them, or they are attracted to you. One way you try to “push” them to come to you, the other way […]
VIEW POSTHolding People Accountable By Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions A recent survey quoted in an article in the Harvard Business Review Blog highlighted that the single, most avoided responsibility was holding people accountable. In the survey of more than 5,400 upper-level managers from the US, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific gathered since 2010, 46% […]
VIEW POSTRaise Productivity – Build on Your Strengths, Not Your Weaknesses by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Too often in business we focus on our business’ and staff’s weaknesses. The reasoning is that by addressing our weaknesses we can improve. This is a fallacy. The only way that you can improve and raise performance on […]
VIEW POSTThe 4 Building Blocks for High-Growth by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions High-growth can be risky, but you can mitigate the risk by having focus, discipline and consistency in approach. Yet even then, businesses can fail – even those who prior to embarking on a strategy of rapid-growth were operating successfully. So what can […]
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 POSTDon’t Manage for Profit – Manage for Value! by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Managing for profit can be detrimental to your business in the longer-term. Discover the 4 guidelines to help your business thrive, not just survive. We are in uncomfortable times. Europe is facing a myriad of difficulties, China’s growth is looking […]
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 […]
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