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Is the Cost of your Financing Higher than it Needs to be?

The cost of financing is one of the largest and most risk-associated costs faced by many organisations.Alternative types of financing may be considered to reduce the cost of finance and also increase the future values of organisational cash flows in...

Justifying the Value, as well as the Assurance of Training and Development

In business, we often hear the terms ‘USP’ (Unique Selling Point) or the ‘differentiator’. These two terms (and similar), are used to describe the competitive advantage of one organisation over others.Organisations will focus on the product...

The Important Skills They Don't Teach in Finance Courses

Have you ever looked around at your audience whilst you were making a financial presentation to be met by a sea of confused, or bored, faces? If you have, it’s hardly surprising because few, if any, university or professional finance and...

Successful Strategic Decision-Making

&nbsp,It is essential to understand how finance influences strategic decision-making in any organisation because it is the foundation for economic survival, development, growth and future prosperity.Are you familiar with the core principles of...

The Challenge for Leaders to Ensure Strategic Success in 2017

2016 has been a year of unprecedented political change and upheaval in western democracies. The unexpected vote to leave the European Union in the UK, the election of Donald J. trump as President of the U.S., and the loss of a referendum in Italy...

Safety Culture and Safety Climate

A safety culture can be compared to a river which is fed by tributaries large and small, some of which have disappeared over the years. Although the river may look tranquil on the surface, there are many undercurrents moving in different directions,...

Finance and Accounting – Vital Skills for Office Administrators and Secretaries

Everyone appreciates the invaluable contribution that administration and secretarial staff make to the smooth running of the organisation. You provide a vital support function, and your job role will probably include:Supervision of staff, and...

Is Modern Technology Stealing Your Time?

The use of modern technology such as smartphones and other online distractions can be major time stealers. In a world where technology is now part of everyday life, ask yourself one question.Are you managing it, or is it managing you?The temptation...

Feature Creep

Feature creep may seem to be the most harmless of all creeps. It happens when team members arbitrarily add extra features to the project deliverables because they think they know better or they just like them more than other things they are assigned...

Sales Strategy: Engage Your Prospect’s Learning Style

The successful outcome of your next sales presentation will be determined largely by your ability to do two things very well, develop rapport with your prospect and adapt your sales message to engage his or her preferred “learning style.” The...

Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?

It was a lovely lazy spring day on the East Kent coast. I was having a chat in a fish and chip shop with the owner. He was proud of his hometown, how busy it was even in the low season. He was optimistic having plans to open another restaurant and...

7 Ways to Begin to Transform into a Connected Leader

As the face of global businesses change, leadership paradigms have the opportunity to follow suit. The traditional leadership paradigm utilized by the majority of global companies maintain many of the same characteristics – male dominated, focused...

How Important is The Bottom Line?

You often hear the phrase ‘this is the bottom line’ as a justification for any decision or course of action both in business life, and in the world in general. Where does this phrase come from? It has its origins in Accountancy. Every year all...

Motivating Older Workers

ARE YOU LOSING OUT ON THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE OF YOUR OLDER WORKERS?“How are you doing Geoff?” I ask of my soon-to-retire colleague. “Oh not bad Tom – 4 months, 26 days and … err… 3hours, 26 minutes until my retirement” he replied.My...

Effort Creep

“We thought it would take a week, but …"Continuing on the topic of Project Creeps - see previous posts “Hope Creep” - this post is about the phenomenon of effort creep. Everyone has experienced it. We have a job to do or a problem to solve,...

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