There is a strategy to gain maximum insight from people you are looking to learn from. A. L. A. L. A – this is not your usual communication method – this really works! ASK – not interrupting – not assuming LISTEN -to gain enough to be able to ASK at least 2 questions from what…
Succession. Two recent case studies – peripheral overview absent of financial data The need to look ahead and define a structure to replace current leadership is imperative. This applies as much in the home as in business. If the business is a family business, then even more so. Very often ‘leadership’ just comes about through…
Succession Planning Rationale Any business, whatever type needs to look to the future, to judge risks and opportunities certainly, matters concerning the viability of the enterprise, but also the ‘endgame’. Work to build to sell, to hand over to family or others or just not to go broke. Many business owners consider their business as…
Succession. The need to look ahead and define a structure to replace current leadership is imperative. This applies as much in the home as in business. If the business is a family business, then even more so. Very often ‘leadership’ just comes about through circumstance or last-minute plans, if they can be called that –…
Sociopaths and psychopaths – words we hear, easy to generalise and make assumptions about without much or any real knowledge to go on – BUT potentially negative pre-conclusions? Both display challenging behaviours but differ significantly: sociopaths tend to be impulsive and struggle to form stable relationships due to their volatile nature, while psychopaths, known for…
Thinking leads to language. Language, presupposes others’ thinking, thinkings that ‘one’ needs to learn from that language. That can overpower new thinking and almost make it redundant, especially if the thinker is powerful. The thinker, thinking that they are the solution; that thinker, often being the ‘boss’, overlooking that their real job is to be…
Things to think about when considering people, you interact with and even as close as to you, interacting with others. Almost everything can be solved when we move the responsibility to self and take it away from the “if lonely they ‘didn’t’ sentiment. Almost everything can be solved when we change our expectations and paradigms…
PwC has announced it would retreat from all government consulting. Can anyone imagine a diabolical result from such a background as diabolical as this current Government scandal and how PwC had addressed it? If this behaviour is proven, as it seems it has been, they how could any client…
Networking that works. Check the network is within your target market. Have a genuine desire to learn about others. Ask questions, listen and ask about what they said. Then listen again and ask again. This will ensure the other person is interested – they are talking about themselves and you are listening. Don’t add onto…
I received two emails (poorly identified and set out) telling me of changes to pricing as of June 2023. One for electricity and one for gas. I rang the supplier, I waited for 28 minutes and then I am told the best they can do is 6% of the standard rate. They don’t mention that…
