Linking the strategy with the metrics Does every person in your business understand how their performance is linked to the company strategy? Baseball has been a business since the 1860s when organized teams first started paying their players. Since then, baseball has become a huge business enterprise earning billions [...]
Do you know... There are so many different types of statistics flying around these days, and not just for business. From the average hours worked by someone working from home to staff turnover since the pandemic started and even how many offices have an office dog! Seriously though, statistics have their place [...]
The Importance of Teams Businesses spend a lot of time focussing on commercial targets and KPIs, and although they know the purpose of the different departments and teams within their business, do you ever really focus on how your people work together, both within their own team but how their team [...]
Are you aware of the ‘Drag’ in your business? Understanding the four principles that can affect the sustainable growth and inevitable success of your business In my last blog, I talked about two themes that if you fully understood and took action on, would put you firmly into the winners camp. [...]
Are You a Winner or a Loser? In Good Times or Bad, How Do Businesses Sustain Growth and Ensure Success? Even though the many conversations that I am having with business owners during the current lockdown are centred around survival and preparing for the ‘other side’, the main themes from these discussions [...]
Organisational Challenges as You Grow a Business What Can You Learn from the Current Financial Challenge? Being a start-up business and trying to grow a business is a challenge at the best of times never mind during the current situation. In the UK, in 2013, there were 346,275 new company start-ups, yet [...]
Mistakes to Avoid in a Market Downturn I read an article recently that talked about the unprecedented levels of disruption to our way of life and the impact on global markets that have been hit by investor concern as a result of the spread of Covid-19. It looks at the common errors [...]
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Distance Learning: A History of Flexibility Distance education or distance learning is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school. Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via post. Today, it involves online education. A distance learning programme can be [...]
The Benefits of Online Learning Regardless of any concerns, online education has made great strides in recent years. In the latest survey’s, 78% of respondents reported having taken online courses and 48% said they would be willing to. There are some definite benefits to online learning over traditional classroom training. While the [...]
