IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY Get Back to Basics
I joined a virtual Manufacturing Forum last week, attended by many local industry leaders. Most of these owners have been successfully trading internationally for decades, and are seasoned in driving their businesses through adversity. Despite…
WHAT IS A MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM – The 21st Century Rewire
Busting the myths and bringing fresh perspectives to the question of management systems, KPI’s and how to apply the theory in practice In the beginning, back in 2015 when Alluxi was first born, one of the first blogs I…
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…
BARRIERS TO BUSINESS GROWTH 5 – Information Chaos
The essential guide to Starting Up & Growing your Business Barrier 5 – Information Chaos Growing a business is full of decisions, and if your decisions are not based on sound facts and figures then your…
HOW TO BRIDGE THE US & THEM GAP
Point 3 in the series My 7 Point Plan to Perfecting Business Performance Do you sometimes feel the world is against you, and your team is constantly at loggerheads? Are your Managers struggling to make…
PREPARING MANAGERS TO ………. MANAGE
Point 2 in the series My 7 Point Plan to Perfecting Business Performance I’ve often extolled the virtues of succession planning from inside the business, but warned about promoting the employee who performs the best. …