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What I Learnt About Sales Confidence from a Car Boot Sale

Darren A. Smith

May 26, 2022

‘It Seems That Way Margaret’. The Two Old Ladies at the Pitch Next to Us Were Telling Each Other That…

Belbin Team Roles: How To Create Your Own Avengers Team

Mel Davison

May 26, 2022

Assembling the Greatest Team When I thought about writing an article on Belbin Team Roles, I immediately thought about the…

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Team Charters – Lead The Way Forward

Charles Smith

May 25, 2022

Set The Course to Achieve Your Goals Team charters have never been so important in planning to succeed, as in…

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Moral Compass: What Is It & How to Engage It

Jack

May 21, 2022

Moral Compass, We All Have One Your moral compass is the ability each of us has to judge what is…

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Online Grocery: Free Whitepaper About the Rapid Grocery Market

Darren A. Smith

May 18, 2022

The 10-Minute Delivery Online Grocery has been around a while, but Rapid Grocery and the likes of Getir, DoorDash, Gorillas,…

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Data Insight: The Art and Skill of Analysing Data to Create Insight

Andy Palmer

May 18, 2022

Turning Data into Insight is a Skill. Almost an Art Form. Most People Regurgitate Data into Graphs and Tables, and…

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Rose Thorn Bud Technique for Asking How You Really Are

Darren A. Smith

May 17, 2022

The Rose Bud Thorn Technique is a Great Way to Find Out How People are Truly Doing Or yourself. A…

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Distractions: How Do You Manage them? And How Do you Focus?

Darren A. Smith

May 16, 2022

Now, Where Was I? Oh, Yes Distractions. I believe that the most successful people have this in common. They can…

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Communication Channels: The Best Ways to Get Your Message Across

Charles Smith

May 16, 2022

Didn’t You See the Email? Business communication channels tend to get taken for granted. We use them day in, day…

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Mentoring Women to Reshape the Future

Daina Barman

May 11, 2022

Changing the Future, One Woman at a Time Mentorship for women is an effective technique to help them develop in…

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Women in the Workplace: Expectation & Non-Promotable Tasks

Mel Davison

May 10, 2022

Are Women the Only Do-ers of Non-Promotable Tasks? It’s that time again when some organisations start to have Professional Development…

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The 10 Simple Tips in One Mnemonic to Excellent Presenting

Darren A. Smith

May 6, 2022

32% of People Fall Asleep During a Presentation Some poor idiot stands at the front with slides they have sweated…

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