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Realise that Your Relationship Needs Work: Working Relationships

Darren A. Smith

April 6, 2017

How to Make Working Relationships Work Today’s post is all about relationship work. Realise that Your Relationship Needs Work –…

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Grocery Award From Trade Monthly: Best Sector Training Provider

Darren A. Smith

February 21, 2017

We are delighted to report that we have been given grocery award in the Trade Monthly 2017. Trade Monthly Trade…

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A Proud Award for Being a Top 100 Self-Development Blog

Darren A. Smith

February 21, 2017

The Market Inspector has featured us in a Top 100 Blogs of 2016. They listed us under the self-development blog…

HRTime: 7 Practical Actions to Help HR Managers Achieve More

Darren A. Smith

January 27, 2017

Helping you, the HR Manager, to get more from your time… Not another Time Management article?! No. Based on 15…

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11 Tips to Improve Your Written Communication Skills

Darren A. Smith

December 12, 2016

Use S.H.A.K.E.S.P.E.A.R.E. to Improve Your Written Communication Skills with In today’s busy world, written communication skills are a must. Alex understood…

Boost Your Brand with Training and Learning Awards

Daniel Nyairo

November 30, 2016

Why Do Training and Learning Awards Matter? Indeed, research has shown that corporate award winners experience a more than 37% growth in…

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15 Must Attend L&D Training Conferences in 2017

Daniel Nyairo

November 30, 2016

Why Attend a Training Conference? As a learning and development professional, you need to be up to date with trends,…

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How to Create SMART Objectives For Yourself and For Your Team

Daniel Nyairo

November 28, 2016

How to Create SMART Objectives In any business, regardless of your sector or industry, every company needs to have goals…

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How to Make Your Store Visits Useful & More Effective

Darren A. Smith

November 16, 2016

This article will help you to know How to Make Store Visits Useful: Since time and memorial Account Managers and…

Interview with Simon Spence, Sales Director at Westbridge Foods

Darren A. Smith

October 13, 2016

In this article you can find an interview with the Sales Director at Westbridge Foods, Simon Spence: 1. What is…

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12 Presentation Skills Tips that will Engage, Delight & Inspire

Daniel Nyairo

October 5, 2016

Why Do These Presentation Skills Tips Matter? Many presentations are boring, dull, dry and Lifeless. That’s what Akash Karia states…

What an Effective Category Manager Job Description Looks Like

Darren A. Smith

September 20, 2016

A Category Manager ultimately aims to meet the needs of their shoppers. This is the key part of a Category…

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