Yearly archives: 2013

Rocket Fuel for the Soul 11
Reading Time: 10 minutes   What does ‘Rocket Fuel For The Soul’ mean to you?  Getting a rocket to take off, break the earth’s atmosphere and beyond our solar system to the stars takes a huge amount of planning, energy, determination and investment. So it is for us as individuals if we want to [...]

Rocket Fuel For The Soul – Take Aim and Shoot ...

 in People / Personal Development  tagged Attitude / Exercise / Goals / Meditation / Relationships / Self-help / Self-Limiting Beliefs by
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Reading Time: 14 minutes Welcome to the final part of this A to Z of Inspirational People. If you missed Part 1 including; Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, David Attenborough and Guy Kawasaki,  please click here. If you missed Part 2 including; Hilary Clinton, J.K. Rowling, Kelly Holmes, Jeff Bezos and Larry Page, please [...]

A to Z of Inspirational People – Part 4

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Reading Time: 16 minutes Welcome to Part 3 of this A to Z of Inspirational People. If you missed Part 1 including; Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, David Attenborough and Guy Kawasaki,  please click here. If you missed Part 2 including; Hilary Clinton, J.K. Rowling, Kelly Holmes, Jeff Bezos and Larry Page, please click [...]

A to Z of Inspirational People – Part 3

 in People  tagged Mahatma Gandhi / Mohammed Ali / Mother Teresa / Nelson Mandela / Richard Branson / Robert Baden-Powell by
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Reading Time: 16 minutes Welcome to Part 2 of this A to Z of Inspirational People. People inspire me in so many different ways; whether that be through significant breakthroughs in technology, advancement in science, progression of thought or overcoming adversity to succeed. Hopefully this A to Z series will make you think about [...]

A to Z of Inspirational People – Part 2

 in People  tagged Guy Kawasaki / Henry Ford / Hilary Clinton / Isaac Newton / Isambard Kingdom Brunel / J.K. Rowling / Jeff Bezos / JFK / Kelly Holmes / ken blanchard / Larry Page by
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Reading Time: 15 minutes I recently read Arnold Schwarzenegger’s autobiography – Total Recall, and it’s a great read from a truly driven, focussed, and like him or not, hugely successful athlete, actor, politician and business person. I got to thinking about other inspirational people and what we can all learn from them, so I’ve pulled together [...]

A to Z of Inspirational People – Part 1

 in People  tagged Albert Einstein / Anita Roddick / Ben Saunders / Bill Gates / Bob Geldof / Charles Darwin / David Beckham / Eve Ensler / Florence Nightingale / Freddie Mercury / Schwarzenegger by
Coal to Diamonds
Reading Time: 6 minutes Rebuilding an underperforming team or department is a huge challenge. The issues you will face from the team could include low morale, rapid staff turnover and high absenteeism levels. The managers involved could also have poor leadership skills, which is likely to hinder not help the situation. If employees are uncertain [...]

Coal to Diamonds – Raising Team Performance

 in Leadership / Management / Teams  tagged Communication / Self-Aware / Success by
A to Z, Product Management, Ansoff Matrix, Market, Product Development 9
Reading Time: 16 minutes Product management can be a complex and often misunderstood discipline in business. In reality Product Management in its broadest sense, touches every part of an organisation that sells products and services, and everyone has their part to play in the product life-cycle to ensure that customers get the best possible [...]

A to Z of Product Management

 in Business Skills / Leadership / Management / People / Teams  tagged advertising / Business / Forecasting / marketing / Product Management / technology by
Passionate, Ambitious, Reliable, Trustworthy, Straight Talking 6
Reading Time: 18 minutes The Chartered Institute of Marketing defines Marketing as “The management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.” I think I prefer Seth Godin’s description: The art of telling a story to a customer that they want to hear, that lets them persuade themselves to buy something. Inherent [...]

A to Z of Marketing

 in Business Skills / Leadership  tagged advertising / Business / marketing by
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Reading Time: 13 minutes Selling is at the heart of business, even if you’re not in ‘Direct Sales’. Think about the following scenarios:        You’re trying to convince your manager to develop a new product, but can’t get him or her to take things further        You’d like to introduce [...]

A to Z of Direct Sales

 in Business Skills / Personal Development  tagged Customer / Forecasting / Pipeline / Relationships / Sales / Selling / Teamwork by