In this SmallBusiness monthly series of ‘Lessons Learnt’, Jennifer Janson, author of The Reputation Playbook and chairman of Six Degrees, will assess how a company recently in the news has handled a crisis, and provide top tips for small businesses to handle a similar incident in the best way possible. If you have read any
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What kind of leader are you?
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When we’re asked to think of examples of good leaders, we often cast our minds to figures that were instrumental to significant changes in the world; people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Winston Churchill. But try to identify what it is that makes these people the same and you might stumble. Because the truth
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Build a bold team if you want a bold business
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Are you looking to inject more creativity, innovation, dynamism and pace into your business? The first step to making this happen is by building a team of people who display these characteristics themselves – those with an entrepreneurial mindset. People who aren’t afraid to take risks or challenge convention…they write their own rules. These are
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Regaining control in 2018 – Top tips from organisational experts to revealed
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In January, many of us decide to focus on becoming more organised, both in the work place and at home. To help, self-storage provider, Space Station, has spoken to a number of organisational super stars from a range of industries, to create some top tips to help you get organised and regain control in 2018.
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Seven things small businesses can learn from the Carillion crisis
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Carillion was the second largest construction firm in the UK, but it began experiencing financial difficulties in 2017, and went into compulsory liquidation on January 15. What can small businesses take away from the Carillion crisis? 1. Manage your margins Construction firms often operate on low margins but, where projects overrun or costs rise, low
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How small businesses can expand into the public sector
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Small businesses account for 99.3 per cent of all private sector businesses in the UK yet they are significantly underrepresented within the public sector economy, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). To expand into the public sector is to create profitable opportunities for SMEs in particular, allowing them to maintain growth whilst prospects
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How can UK companies tackle gender bias in 2018?
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News that Carrie Gracie, the BBC’s China editor, has quit her post over ‘a crisis of trust,’ after discovering male colleagues were earning 50 per cent more than women performing the same role highlights that tackling gender bias is a major challenge for UK companies, says Freddie Alves, managing director of UK coaching consultancy, Talking
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Five ways to work well with family members
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For many people, the idea of working with family members has a negative stigma. They imagine scenes of siblings squabbling in meetings and partners bickering at the water cooler. But these needn’t be the case! Alison Dearden, who has worked alongside her parents at Alison Handling for over 25 years, knows just how well it
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Ten ways business leaders can detox their business
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The New Year is well underway and as we prepare for the challenges of 2018, Ian Baxter, founder of UK logistics company Baxter Freight, offers ten ways by which business leaders can start the year on the right footing with a detox of their business – leaving any bad habits or practices firmly behind in
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The biggest business trends we can expect in 2018
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Looking forward to the year ahead is exciting thanks to all the developments on the horizon which could impact business in all sorts of positive ways. From driverless cars to predictive retail and more, have a look at the biggest and most ground-breaking business trends that could be just around the corner…. Developments in the
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