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Month: August 2015

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Clown Genius & Stock Selling?

28 August 20154 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBiz, Financial ServicesBehaviour, Equities, Friday Funny, Motivation, Reputation, Trading

Here are a couple of interesting, in an informative and amusing way, articles for the weekend. The first, from Quartz, is a fun little ‘game’ challenging you to beat random 10 years sections of the S&P 500 since 1978. You Read More

Inc Fastest Growing Companies CEO Survey

28 August 20154 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBizEntrepreneur, lists, management, Motivation, Performance

Every year Inc. lists the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America. They also survey the CEOs from the top 500 and there were some interesting findings. The top company grew an impressive 101,000% ending at some $118 million of Read More

Five common mistakes for first time Non-Executive Directors

25 August 2015 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyBehaviour, Board, management, Reputation, skills

Serving on a board, whether a commercial or charitable organisation, can be one of the most rewarding activities a person can undertake. However, there are pitfalls. Here are five common mistakes that many people make when joining a Board of Read More

SCOTSMAN and Sales

18 August 2015 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyModel, Performance, Sales, skills

Fear not, this is not a plug for the Edinburgh Fringe. This is about closing more sales. SCOTSMAN is an acronym taking you through the eight main areas to make sure that you and your potential client are a match Read More

Constructive Meetings

13 August 2015 JTLeave a commentBiz, CareerBehaviour, management, Model, Motivation, Performance, skills

This useful little model takes us somewhere useful, particularly in meetings, rather than get bogged down with the same old problems of blame, failure and limiting assumptions.

Building A Culture

11 August 20154 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBizCulture, management, Model, Motivation, Reputation

Last month I had the privilege to learn about the culture of Chick-fil-A, the American chicken fast food chain, and how it has built into a $6 billion company in 1900 locations. We heard from senior management, supply chain experts and Read More

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