We recently completed our first set of Open programmes in sales and frontline management. A great insight that came from the mix of different businesses on the sales course was the fact many...
Live and launched…our new Audio Book.
The Perfect Storm, 30 Ways to Drive Your Business.
By Bob Morrell and Jeremy Blake
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This week we kicked off our new Open Programme, Frontline Management – essential skills for sales managers and team leaders.
In the current climate, all businesses are looking to their...
We ran the second in a series of Zoom debates, arguing for, and against, a World Thriving without Employees. (i.e. all becoming self- employed).
Joined by an audience including Barbara...
Get a clear sense of how others are feeling and make a new choice about your leadership.
We have launched two new virtual conferences that we run as in-house company and...
How to look for new gaps and ways to serve the changing marketplace
In 2002 Bob and I launched Reality Advertising Partnership. Following Bob’s time in media sales for...
One of the joys of podcasts is the ability to be doing something else while listening.
I have exhausted my ‘Running Tracks’ and need to download other songs, so for now have discovered ‘The...
You are a good listener. Friends talk to you. You can keep a secret too. Listening to friends and families, of course, may be easier than listening to colleagues or customers.
Is that true...
This is the famous maxim of Elmer Wheeler who made it number 4 in his 5 Wheelerpoints. The original book which contains this gem is ‘Tested Sentences that Sell’ first published in 1937.
The...
This week has been brilliant. I am approaching a significant birthday and certainly enjoying the lead up!
During the week several people have really made me smile. One was a flight...
This follows my previous Blog following my trip to see a terrific revival of Arthur Miller’s play. See https://www....
Today, I read that the UK economy is doing a bit better than expected and not heading for the recession everyone was predicting a few weeks ago. In one way that’s great news. In another, what has...
As a father of two teenagers, I do sometimes worry that we’re creating a generation of people who lack genuine empathy with their fellow human beings. Interactions that we take for granted, like...
The one thing that amazes you when you start working in a new industry, is the number of awards events that take...
This is a cracking Ted Talk from Lera Boroditsky that she gave at Ted Women last year.
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Jeremy and I have spoken at many company and association conferences in the last 16 years. Our experiences prompted us to write our guide to conferences ‘Unforgettable’ which is available from our...
Many of us watched the Royal Wedding this week and enjoyed the splendour and romance of this beautiful day. The weather, backdrop and participants presented a wonderful advert of our country to...
What are you networking for?
Responding to the question you dread.
Whether you are new to business or you’ve been working since the 1950s, chances...
Exhibitions are still popular, and the access they offer for face to face interactions and creating relationships is impressive. Attending a show at the Exel recently I wandered through one that...