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Read the latest business news, insights from us and thought-leadership articles to reveal views from a different perspective.
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Selling abroad is not as easy as it sounds. Aside from obvious challenges in terms of cost, supply and travel, doing business internationally requires planning. Sure, if you are fortunate enough to have a strong relationship abroad, your international efforts may quickly bear fruit.
Designing job roles sounds easy. You take a blank page and start writing what you need the person to do. If you have the resources to create a brand-new role, your canvas is ready to go. However, if your team leader recently left the
On 1st July 1916, Field Marshall Haig ordered troops ‘over the top’ in long, close-formed lines. Of up to 120,000 troops involved on day one of the Battle of the Somme, nearly 20,000 died and nearly 37,000 were injured. Some myths suggest that British
Many businesses have a salary review process. A salary review is an organisational evaluation of employee remuneration to ensure competitive and fair pay. It is a crucial tool to ensure that staff are fairly compensated for their work and that salaries are in line
Top-down management is de rigueur for most businesses with directives passed down from above. This style typically follows a command-and-control ethos with more coercive and authoritative leadership. Like it sounds, the structure is hierarchical and goals, projects and changes are passed from top to
Assurance is defined as a promise or confirmation that something is or behaves as expected. It represents confidence, security or commitment that something is happening as we assume or will happen as we presume. Within an organisation, senior leaders often expect to receive business
Continuous Improvement (CI) is a process for improving your products, services, processes and systems. It is a continuous effort to identify, analyse and implement ongoing incremental improvements to an organisation. Also known as kaizen in Japanese (kai – change, zen – good), it typically
Most of us have completed an IQ test at some point. Better still, psychometric tests assess your cognitive ability and/or your personality. Selection and promotion decisions may be based on the results. What we know today as an IQ test started out early in
According to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), UK productivity has risen quite slowly since the 2008/09 recession. Previously, labour productivity increased by around 2% per annum but Q1 23 was -0.6% lower than Q1 22 and -1.4% lower than Q4
Research by Gallup suggests that 82% of management hires are a mistake. This is based on insights into just how few people are cut out to be good managers. If we assume that the typical business has a span of control of 1:10 and
As with anything in life, the devil is in the detail. You managed to get someone to buy from you and have supplied them with the product or service. But wait, what if they want to talk to you? What if they need help?
The business environment is always challenging. Aside from various crises and macroeconomic shocks, competitors are vying for your customers. Yes, sometimes you can contract customers over a number of years but not all industries are so lucky. Political change may affect investment and taxes.