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Macro Trends in the UK Grocery Industry and Where to Find Them

Oliver Walker

April 4, 2022

UK Supermarkets and Their Suppliers are Always ‘Horizon Scanning’ and Wanting to Understand the Macros Trends in the Industry. New…

Employees are explaining to the supplier or supervisor about their own work processes

Supplier Management: UK Grocery Multiples & Their Supplier Bases

Andrew Grant

April 4, 2022

Supplier Management is Not Only for Christmas…. David and Goliath Let’s talk supplier management. Your day-to-day interactions with UK supermarket…

Woman sitting on windowsill to deal with trauma at work

Window of Tolerance: Managing the Impact of Trauma Whilst at Work

Charles Smith

April 1, 2022

Keeping an ‘Open Mind’ Window of tolerance is a therapy term, describing our mental bandwidth available to tolerate stress before…

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RACI Matrix: Key Team Responsibility Tool

Darren A. Smith

March 29, 2022

So, You’re Interested in the RACI Matrix? You may not have heard of the RACI Matrix, or you may have…

Stressed Businessman during a negotiation

No Flaming Idea How to Prepare for a Negotiation

Sarah Garratt

March 28, 2022

This is How to Prepare for a Negotiation with these Easy Steps. What is Negotiation? Negotiating is where two people,…

Grouped colourful chess pieces representing Audience segmentation or customer segregation for category management

7 Benefits of Category Management and Why You Should take Notice

Darren A. Smith

March 28, 2022

The Benefits of Category Management are Improved Category Performance for Everyone Involved To realise these benefits the range of products is…

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How to Get Results: 10 Tips to Strive for Excellence

Saurabh Wani

March 27, 2022

How to Get Results & Get What You Want Getting work done is always a challenge, and part of that…

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Inspirational Leadership – Be a Boss to Believe in!

Charles Smith

March 25, 2022

Happy Employees Boost the Bottom Line Inspirational leadership is crucial in engaging employees in the business transformation and change needed…

Colourful chess pieces forming spheres of Influence

Influencing Skills Model: How Do You Get Your Way?

Darren A. Smith

March 24, 2022

Whilst Getting Our Own Way Can Sound Childish the Facts are That We All Would Like to Feel That in…

Three Questions to Help Unravel the Secrets of Succession Planning

Darren A. Smith

March 23, 2022

The Secrets of ‘Succession’ Planning ‘Succession’ – a cracking tv series that is rumoured to be based on the Sky…

Female coworker listening attentively to male coworker

Attentive Listening: What Does it Look Like & How to Do it

Jack

March 22, 2022

Listening – Active, Attentive, Aware. I’m going to begin this article on attentive listening with a phrase I read somewhere…

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Why is Trust Important in Teams? How to Build and Maintain it

Andrew Stephens

March 21, 2022

Trust in Yourself and Your Team Today There are many features of a great team. From great communication and coordination…

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