With almost half of UK managers working an extra day of unpaid overtime per week leading UK Business Coach, Marielena Sabatier, looks at how UK business leaders can create strategies for working more effectively in high pressured environments.
Month: August 2014
Six Unexpected Challenges of Cloud
For years now there has been talk of how business is driving IT to move to cloud. In many cases, business teams go so far as to circumvent IT and buy cloud services themselves, taking decisions into their own hands.
The essential ingredient most business communications overlook
Businesses spend a lot on marketing and advertising; advertising spend in the UK hit a new high of almost £14bn in 2013 and is set to increase to £14.8bn this year.
If you’re always working, you’re not working well
In early April a series of reports appeared online in the United States and the United Kingdom lamenting the “lazy French.” A new labour law in France had apparently banned organisations from e-mailing their employees after 6 p.m.
Dragons’ Den: Dog walking, peanut butter & hanging up your hair
Catch up with the latest pitches to brave the Dragons’ Den and find out what drove Peter Jones to drink.
Thinking differently about change communications in the corporate world
This month in his regular column Johnny McGinley shares with us his thoughts on change communications for SMEs.
Secrets to Success: Rune Sovndahl, founder of Fantastic Services
We talk to Rune Sovndahl, founder of Fantastic Services, whose need for a cleaner created a £28Million company
Made in Britain: Fantastic Ribbons
Keith Edwards, Co-Founder, Fantastic Ribbons tells us how he has grown his small family business by constantly evolving and embracing new technology to save time and resources.
David Cameron set to make ‘first lady of football’ Karren Brady a peer
Karren Brady, 44, who is an aide to Lord Sugar on the hit BBC television programme The Apprentice, is set to be made a Conservative peer by the Prime Minister later this month.
The importance of mentoring
Amongst all the tools entrepreneurs have, there is no doubt in my mind that the most significant is their experience and knowledge. This is something which, often can’t be quantified in the same way as profits or net worth figures, but makes a huge difference to a business’s employees, as well as others who want to start a business.
Mentoring could stop talent drain
With the CIPD’s Employee Outlook survey highlighting that 22% of employees are looking for a new job, and Penna’s Career Development research finding that ‘lack of opportunity’ was the main reason for individuals to leave organisations over the past twelve months, new research has found that mentoring could be a valuable tool in plugging the talent drain.
Do you have what it takes to lead?
These are things you don’t need to learn in books or B-schools. Build on these personal traits to become a more effective leader.
