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Tag Archives: recession
Taking responsibility
I wrote back in January about owning our mistakes and there seems to be considerable avoidance of blame in our culture. We know where the buck stops if we are running a business, and it is on our desks and no one else’s.
Amongst business people we often hear the lament that modern politicians have no experience in business, many having started straight from university into political research work for some other politician Continue reading
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Business, red tape, regulation, the Nanny State and the Land of the Free
As most of we small business owners already know, in UK from 1st April 2009 all workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks paid holiday, which is 28 days for a worker on a five day week. This is very likely to be what breaks the camel’s back, though it is hardly a straw, but an additional heavy burden. Continue reading
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Being lucky!
I am pretty dependent on the technology working to keep my business running smoothly. I use many on-line services, paid-for and otherwise. For those who are computer-literate and can be flexible there should be a viable business (even if only providing a subsidiary income) using their talents or exploiting their knowledge in a hobby to go in a different direction. If you have experience in a market as a buyer, you can probably be a seller. Continue reading
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Tagged buy, computer literate, jobseeker, lucky, marketing, network, practical, recession, sell, support, technology
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Jam tomorrow?
Do not plan for work you do not have beyond knowing that you could do it, and never stop marketing to make space for work you do not have yet; in fact, never stop marketing. When you get more clients who have signed on the dotted line, then you can resource the work. Continue reading
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Dispatches from the front – age discrimination
Some of you may have seen a Channel 4 Dispatches episode this week about age discrimination, mainly not in the workplace (which is covered by Government legislation) but discrimination preventing more mature workers from being taken on in the first place. Continue reading
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Tagged adviser, advisor, age, business, discrimination, jobseeker, practical, recession, unemployed
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Bankers, untimely schadenfreude, and how to avoid their fate
I felt a little sorry for the ex-banking chiefs being quizzed by the Treasury Select Committee yesterday. The reason I feel a small amount of sympathy is that they are akin to drivers who have been careless in the maintenance of their vehicles.
Anyway, we should all look at what we are doing in our own businesses; what works and what doesn’t, and what we should change now because it is going to stop working very soon and need to be replaced. Continue reading
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Tagged adviser, advisor, banker, business, consultant, exemplary consulting, help, Jon Stow, marketing, recession, small, worker
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Workplace tribalism
Small business owners are making hard decisions over job cuts and have to face the music and their workers. Continue reading
Owning our mistakes–not an earnest business blog
We all make mistakes. We try not to, but admitting to failure is a way of helping us to do better. Fortunately for most of us, the errors we make will be relatively minor in our work activities, but a … Continue reading
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Referral networking and serendipity
The big advantages of referral networking are that you learn to get on your feet and sell your business in (usually) one minute and, because it is expected of you, you learn to sell not just your own business but that of the other members all the time you are out seeing your clients. Continue reading
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Surviving the recession blues
These are strange times. There is constant news of job losses in the UK and of course in the US, and no doubt in may countries around the world.
After all, being redundant is not to be taken personally. It is nearly always an accident as mine was, and it is important after initially licking one’s wounds to reestablish one’s self esteem. We always have skills someone else will need.
The brave action is what is needed and in future pieces I shall discuss the generous element required when talking about my networking experiences, starting with referral marketing six years ago. Continue reading
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