Psychological safety is a subtle but powerful factor when it comes to whether your business will succeed or fail. Get it right, and you have a highly motivated, high-performing, collaborative team. Get it wrong, and you create a cut-throat work environment of mistrust, judgment, poor communication...
Imagine you are in a meeting with some or all of your team and someone takes an interpersonal risk and shares an idea, issue, concern or problem. However, instead of receiving support, leading to an open, constructive and healthy debate or conversation, another member of...
How can Metal Manufacturing and Engineering businesses leverage having a growth strategy You might be wondering, why is a growth strategy so important? Well, let's face it, the business world is constantly evolving, and the metal manufacturing and engineering sector is no exception. With technological advancements,...
Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, is generally regarded as one of the greatest intellectual figures of Western history, but what has he got to do with your business? Well, he is famously quoted as saying ‘The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.’ Now...
As a business owner, leader or manager, you know that the engagement, enthusiasm and overall happiness of your team as regards the work they do is down to you. You also know that a happy and enthusiastic team will help ensure your business is more successful...
What is the one thing that holds you back from achieving everything you want for your business? You might say it would be the day-to-day work, money, recruitment, outside forces, team, clients, suppliers… In truth, it is a little of each of these – but they...
As we become experts in our field, there is a natural tendency in all of us to fall victim to the ‘curse of knowledge’. The curse of knowledge is the supervillain in any form of communication – even more so when that communication involves numbers. So, what...
Should you make time to simplify the numbers in your business? Numbers are everywhere. In a personal situation where someone is throwing numbers at you, the more complicated they are, the less you understand them and, if they miss things out, you simply don’t follow the point...
Subscription model for your business Your business numbers matter. The specifics of those numbers are the difference between profit and loss, success or failure, and they mean that your business either succeeds and grows or stutters and stalls. How well do you know the numbers in your...
Like many businesses, you probably started out selling your products and services through the usual, predictable distribution channels (warehouses, retailers, distributers) or directly to your end customer. But what if you viewed your business in a different way, so that you’re with your customer every step...