TOP 5 LOCKDOWN CHALLENGES – Working Reactively versus Proactively
A 5 week series for business leaders needing to transform their business towards the “new norm” Challenge 1 – Working Reactively versus Proactively Our first challenge is to stop reacting and start seeking out the…
YOUR TOP 5 LOCKDOWN CHALLENGES & How to turn them into opportunities
A 5 week series for business leaders needing to transform your business towards the “new norm” As the world celebrated the 2020 new year, launching into a new decade, businesses globally have been sucked…
SIX LOCKDOWN SURVIVAL GUIDELINES FOR SME’s
In November of 1992, I was assigned to a productivity improvement programme for a small shoe manufacturer in Hungary. It was during the freezing winter months with snow drifts up to 10ft, in the…
A BIG SHOUT OUT for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships!
Who Knew! Data Analytics gets Interesting! This short blog is probably the closest thing you can get to anti-marketing, and doing myself out of future work, but after attending a brilliant networking & learning…
PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE – Lessons from the Gym
Trying to measure employee productivity is often met with groans of being micro-managed, or treated like robots. It’s a necessary evil for businesses to ensure they maximise the performance of their most expensive overhead…
Alluxi’s Leadership & Management Programme Achieves CMI Recognition
Training is perceived as an expensive luxury, and is often the first cost to be cut when cash flow gets tough The familiar phrase Training is a Necessity Not a Luxury may strike home…
THE GREAT BRITISH PRODUCTIVITY SWINDLE – 3 Painful Truths – No 3. The Employee
As a business owner, do you know from one day to the next, what your employees actually do? Can you, hand on heart, say they’ve produced a fair day’s work for a fair day’s…
THE GREAT BRITISH PRODUCTIVITY SWINDLE – 3 Painful Truths No 2. The Manager
In the first Painful Truth of this series, we highlighted the need for business owners to implement robust Management Control Systems and Key Performance Indicators, critical to measuring and optimising productivity. The Bank of…
THE GREAT BRITISH PRODUCTIVITY SWINDLE – 3 Painful Truths – No 1. The Business
As a productivity expert, I was entertained by the Bank of England’s “Lessons on a Plate” entitled The Great Productivity Puzzle, which loosely touches on why the UK is losing its competitive edge against…
IS YOUR BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY BUZZING THIS SPRING? – or pushing up the Daisies)?
Spring is here and it’s a period when we and our teams should be bursting with energy – always a good time to take a fresh look at boosting performance in your business. We…
MORE WAGE INCREASES ON THE HORIZON – Is Your Business Prepared?
If you’ve just got used to the concept of the National Living Wage, introduced in April 2016, and managed to absorb the impact that’s had on your business costs, don’t forget it’s that time…
IS YOUR BUSINESS BLOOMING THIS SUMMER? Boosting Productivity
Summer is here and it’s a period when we and our teams should be bursting with energy – always a good time to take a fresh look at boosting performance in your business. We…