What I learned over the last week is something I am profoundly grateful for. Two small illustrations: I am fortunate to live in a Warwickshire village and walk my dog daily on the footpaths across the fields nearby. This being the UK in early March, sunshine has been in short supply but in a sunny…
The who and why of pitching Sometimes I am the one pitching and sometimes I am being pitched: you too I imagine. Pitching in this not context is not sport related but the ‘art’ of approaching a potential client or opportunity to promote yourself and your services. As a trainer and consultant I am pitching…
Hope you can see the picture of my new razor. Yes, I know it looks like a Nespresso Coffee machine – because it is – but stick with this… Hardly the highlight of my week but an experience just the same. The picture is my Christmas present from my wife & daughter, and very nice…
1922 and all that I have known 2022 would be a significant year for a long while. Decades in fact. On Friday we shall be celebrating my mother’s 100th birthday, even though she has not been physically with us for over 10 years. Then in a few weeks’ time we shall be celebrating the centenary…
Last week in one of my training sessions I heard a familiar refrain: the main purpose of business is to make a profit. If that’s what you want, it certainly can be. Yet whether your contribution to life comes from a Profit & Loss account or some other way, finance is always talked about in…
Who audits your auditors? For some of my former Barclays colleagues of a certain age, a picture of a green biro is the stuff of nightmares. From the times when huge amounts of bank records were still paper based (a long while ago but more recently than you might think) a green biro was used…