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…
THE KEY TO SCALING A BUSINESS IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY – Process Management
The UK print industry is in crisis. The rising cost of raw materials (paper and cardboard) coupled with the challenges caused by the pandemic and the uncertainty surrounding the impact of Brexit has left…
UNLEASH YOUR PROFIT POTENTIAL
Is there Hidden Opportunity in Your Business? There’s a saying that ‘What you Don’t know Won’t Hurt You’. In business however, what you don’t know could be significantly impacting your profit potential. When working with…
HOW MUCH IS LOW STAFF ENGAGEMENT COSTING YOU?
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash As regular followers will testify, I’m on a crusade to highlight how engaging your staff is key to unlocking greater productivity and profitability in your business. In my previous series of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
CAN ANYBODY HEAR US? Giving Your Staff A Voice
Point 6 in the series My 7 Point Plan to Perfecting Business Performance How often do you have a problem that lands on your desk, and you feel you have to come up with the…