The New Normal in Business

Has your business being affected by an economic downturn? This may be because of recession, Brexit or the COVID-19 pandemic. Training budgets tend to get slashed when organisations need to recoup cash – but in the post we look at why investing in training is just as important at this time – if not more important.

How to Make Assertive Decisions

We all need to make decisions but are your decisions assertive decisions? In this post we look at what are assertive decisions and how you can make decisions assertively. This will help ensure you spend your time making the big important decisions in your work and life.

Lessons From the Apprentice – Design a New Gadget

This weeks task on the Apprentice was to design and pitch a new household gadget.  Lord Sugar said that the success of the task would be very much down to the concept as the team who secured the most orders from two major retailers would win. The boys led by Azhar decided to focus on … Read more

Lessons From the Apprentice – Print It and Sell It

So on the day the latest budget was announced, the new series of the BBC’s Apprentice starts.  Lord Alan Sugar has 12 new contestants competing for an investment in starting a new business, having him as a business partner. I can’t help but think – New Series, Same Lessons? Have these people not seen the … Read more