Don’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 […]
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 Cost of Management & Leadership Shortfalls by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions The costs and risks associated with having weak managers and leaders are often overlooked. What does it mean to you? How can you overcome it? And what are the benefits of doing so? A recent report from the UK’s Department for […]
VIEW POSTThe Business Priority is Trust by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions What do high-performing organisations focus on as opposed from low-performing organisations, and what differentiates how they do it? Businesses are under pressure, there is no doubt about that – but what are businesses focusing on and why in these difficult times? A recent […]
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