Julian’s Business Tips: Once Upon a Time If there is one thing 2020 taught us, it is to expect the unexpected. But that doesn’t mean you can’t, or shouldn’t plan. You won’t need me to tell you that trying to run a business in a time of uncertainty can be very unsettling, so you can […]
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Domestic Abuse: A Note For Employers In the months during and after the first lockdown, Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline saw a 32% increase in calls and emails. As we near the end of the second lockdown, we want to remind everyone that they are not alone. For the 16 Days of Action, (Nov 25 –
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Julian’s Business Tips: Is Your Business Like My Ankle? As some of you know, I do a bit of running and, earlier this year, I had a problem with a sore ankle. Now I did A level biology, so Dr Google and I decided I had tendonitis and put together a sensible treatment plan. But
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Julian’s Business Tips: Your Starter For Ten… Years ago, an old sales manager of mine laughed at me when I told him I wasn’t competitive. Cheek! ‘You,’ he continued, ‘are one of the most competitive people I know – you don’t even enter the competition unless you think you’re going to win it!’ On reflection
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Julian’s Business Tips: Delivering Efficiency As I was helping one of my teenagers deliver an award-winning local magazine to Royston residents, one of the householders complimented me on the fact that I had walked around his front garden and down his drive rather than taking the shortcut across the shrub bed – as some other
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Julian’s Business Tips: Bountiful Business Harvest I love this time of year as the tractors begin to ‘plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land’, taming the scruffy post-harvest fields into a neatly-combed, autumnal landscape. As a young agricultural student, I cultivated many a field – in fact one of my more
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Julian’s Business Tips: Difficulties Or Opportunities? You don’t need me to tell you that lockdown has been difficult for many businesses. But Einstein famously said, ‘In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity’, so here are some opportunities you may like to grasp: 1. Relaxed rules In some cases, the government has eased regulations to help
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Julian’s Business Tips: The Secret of Decision-Making? Years ago I was in awe of an old boss who always seemed to make the right business decisions – whereas mine were somewhat erratic at that time. The CEO of international publishing company, Random House, sums up the secret of a decision-maker’s intuition like this: “People often
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Julian’s Business Tips: Compassionate Leadership It’s been interesting watching how different leaders have managed the Coronavirus crisis. Managing emergencies is often based around ‘The 3 Cs’: command, control and co-ordination, along with clear structures and guidance. However, this can result in a bossy style of leadership, overly directing those individuals who need to be engaged.
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Julian’s Business Tips: A Silver Lining? The following food-for-thought is paraphrased from a recent essay by American author, Charles Eisenstein. (Read the full essay, ‘The Coronation’ at charleseisenstein.org) Covid-19 is showing us that when the world is united in a common cause, amazingly rapid change is possible. When we work together, humanity’s creative powers are
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For over twenty years Alexander Green Interiors have been helping our customers’ businesses grow and succeed. Whether you need an office chair to ease an aching back, an additional work space for a new recruit, or a bespoke office redesign, Alexander Green Office Interiors can help! This month we caught up with Lee Alexander to
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It’s March! How can we put a spring in your business step? You can do a lot worse than treating your business like you might treat yourself. 1. A new wardrobe? You don’t need to change just because of a time of year but I always think that spring is a great time to critically
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