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Business Archive
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Why “Why?” Can Trip You Up and What To Ask Instead
‘Why’ is such a small and yet powerful word to notice, understand and be aware of as you use it. Really, why? Well, it does two things very quickly, immediately in fact. Two things you want to avoid. One, it sends people straight to the word “because” which is justifying their actions/decisions and Two, [...] -
Giles Christopher scoops major Travel and Landscape Award
Giles Christopher, from Media Wisdom Photography Ltd, has been named Landscape and Travel Photographer of the Year 2010 in the recent Master Photographer of the Year Awards. The awards are run by the The Master Photographers Association (MPA), the UK’s only organisation exclusively for professional photographers. The announcement was made at the Master Photography Awards in [...] -
Max#21: Matt Humphries, Morgan Motor Company Head of Design
Morgan Motor Company is Britain’s sole surviving car manufacturer, yet far from just surviving, the car company is currently experiencing one of its most successful ever commercial periods and is being increasingly seen as one of Britain’s global success stories. I recently recorded this four part interview series at the Morgan factory in Malvern with key [...] -
Max #20 – ranked #1 on i-Tunes (featuring Kos Lesses)
As many of you will already be aware, our most recent episode (#20) featured an interview with leading internal recruitment manager, Kos Lesses. Over the Christmas break, we were extremely pleased to see the episode rapidly rise through the i-Tunes rankings, culminating in it reaching the #1 spot (as you will see from the image below). This [...] -
The Secret to being lucky – Revealed!
Suprisingly failure can be a good thing in helping people be successful in life simply by embracing the lesson, brushing yourself off and moving on. In this extract, secret of being lucky and how to stay positive is revealed. Give more luck… “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” – Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American statesman, scientist, and printer luck: noun: [...] -
Max#20: Maximising your Workforce Planning – Kos Lesses, Internal Recruitment Project Manager
Finding and then encouraging the best individuals to join your company is widely regarded as the key determinant for business success or failure. Kos Lesses, is a project manager with an extremely strong record of implementing ‘Talent Management’ and ‘Workforce Planning’ programmes within a string of major City organisations, such as JP Morgan. He is regularly [...] -
Best Books to Motivate and Inspire you – Part 2
Continuing on from the successful Linked IN Discussion, here is part 2 of suggestions from other Linked IN Members on the best books to motivate and inspire you, helping you be successful in life. Abdul I’m listening to an old but a very good audio book, The 8th Habit of Dr.Stephen R. Covey. Vinay As well of some ones [...] -
What’s your ‘unfair’ advantage (and do you even know about it?)
Kay White, our Communication Specialist and Trainer is here to help you be successful in life through a range of nlp techniques and advice on effective communication to apply in your life, career and business. In this particular extract she talks about how things that actually make us who we are and – if we [...] -
Best books to Motivate and Inspire you – Part 1
A recent discussion was started on Linked IN recently by Shawn Doyle, a motivational speaker and author asking what others what their favourite motivational and inspirational books are. Naturally, the full names of those who replied have been removed from this article but I thought it would be great to share these suggestions with everyone on [...] -
Max#17: Tony Dobbyn – “How I motivate a team to achieve amazing results”
Today’s interview is with Tony Dobbyn, The Global Head of Service Operations for one of the largest Financial Corporations in the World. Tony has gained a worldwide reputation for being one of the most effective managers at maximising the productivity of teams, especially in relation to helping teams adjust after a merger or acquistion. Tony’s interview [...] -
INSPIRING PEOPLE: Randy Pausch – ‘Time Management’ and ‘Achieving your Childhood Dreams’
On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that [...] -
SMILE AND MOVE – better work, better relationships, better results
Several people on our Linked IN Discussion Group recommended Smile and Move as an excellent resource to help motivate, inspire and maximise the potential of your workplace. Here is a brief intro to the management concept and also the You Tube preview video: Smile & Move gives you a simple (and fun) way to remind yourself and [...] -
RIGHT BRAIN – WAKE UP!!!
Brief intro . . . I’ve been listening to ‘A Whole New Mind’ by Dan Pink and enjoying every minute of it – AND, all of a sudden, the key to the whole message contained within the book has sunk in (or at least my interpretation of it for my company, at least). Quick summary of the [...] -
Max#15: Greg Searle – Olympic & World Champion Rower
One of the key objectives of the Maximise Potential Podcast is to bring our audience real stories of success from real people, with the goal of inspiring others to take positive action in their lives in order to be motivated and successful. Today’s interview is no exception as I am extremely proud to welcome our first [...] -
MAX#14: How to develop Effective and Powerful Communication – Kay White, Communication Specialist and Trainer
Maximising the potential of your communication from Communication Specialist and Trainer, Kay White. Kay shares with us some superb tips and advice on how we can all improve the effectiveness of our communication in order to gain more from our career and life in general. In this interview with Kay, discover: How to construct your sentences to [...] -
INSPIRING PEOPLE: Dan Pink – the author of ‘a whole new mind’
Dan Pink, the acclaimed author of ‘a whole new mind’ has been a name repeatedly mentioned throughout seveal discussions that have taken place on Linked IN recently, surrounding the subject of ‘what motivates us.’ I’m actually reading (or I should be honest and say listening) to ‘a whole new mind’ right now and I have to [...] -
Best Marketing Books
Being part of the B2B Marketing Group on Linked IN I noticed this great discussion started by Laurissa Doonan about their all-time favourite Marketing books. I thought it would be a great idea to share these comments to help others maximise their potential. Naturally, the surnames of the people commenting have been removed [...] -
A passion for Digital Photography? Why not enter our Annual Charity Photo Competition
If you enjoy digital photography then we would love to receive your favourite photo’s for our annual competition. The theme for this year is . . . “YOUR BRITAIN” Your Britain can mean anything that ‘says’ Britain to YOU – it can be a landscape, a place, a static object, a person or a theme. We [...] -
Google: the future of search by Rob Torres
I stumbled across this interview with Google’s Managing Director for their ‘Travel’ division on an excellent podcast I listen to, called ‘Brands that Travel.’ There is a good blend of content in here, from the world’s most innovative company, that covers: Future trends in search The continued growth in mobile access and use Google’s response to the emerging powers [...] -
Inspiring People: JK Rowling “How I deal with failure”
JK Rowling has easily become one of the most successful and inspiring people on the planet due to the popularity of the Harry Potter books and films. Many people have found her Harvard acceptance speach particularly motivating and inspirational, mainly due to her description of how she approaches and overcomes failure: These videos were recommended to me [...] -
Max#8: Maximising a business in a saturated marketplace (Media Widsom interview part 2)
Today’s interview the second in our series with Award Winning Photographic Company, Media Wisdom, with today’s episode being with Abi Cockcroft, joint-founder and owner of the company. Abi talks specifically about how Media Widsom was launched, 9 years ago, into an already saturated and heavily competitive marketplace. She explains the approach they have used to build [...] -
Communicating for thought
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), is fast becoming an effective method to fight stress and tensions at workplaces says, Naturopath Doris Greenwood With increasing levels of stress and work related health disorders becoming an accepted norm of the recent times, doctors and consultants across the globe are fast veering towards alternate methods of helping employees working at multi-national [...] -
Max#7: Giles Christopher, Founder of Media Wisdom Photography
Today’s interview is with Giles Christopher, founder and owner of Media Wisdom Photography. Giles talks about the highs and lows of his early career in the movie and film business before moving on to discuss his motivations for starting his own business. Giles is not only interesting, but is also an incredibly passionate and articulate person [...] -
Max#6: Steve Davies, Management Consultant (part 2 of 2)
Hello everyone and welcome back to episode 6 of the Maximise Potential Podcast and part 2 of our interview with global management consultant, Steve Davies. In the first interview Steve spoke at length about how he maximised his own career and the advice he would give to others wishing to maximise their own career and business [...] -
Max#4: Steve Davies, Management Consultant Interview (part 1 of 2)
Today’s interview is with global managment consultant, Steve Davies, who is one of the most energic and creative strategic management consultants of recent times and has been instrumental in the development of global brands such as X-Box, Sony Ericsson phones, O2 and was also part of the initial team who invented Bluetooth Technology. Our aim of [...]