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Innergy’s Monthly Rapid Review - What is the main criteria your customers use when deciding which supplier to buy from?
Each month Innergy research an area of business that is pertinent to our customer database, carrying out a brief survey and providing some practical ideas that can be immediately implemented to help individuals, teams and organisations overcome some of the key challenges they face and exploit any opportunities available to them.
In April’s review we asked those polled...
Getting Your Rocks in Order - High Impact Leadership
The Prime Minister has had a challenging month, receiving plenty of negative comments relating to everything from deportation to pasties. He was also accused of being lazy and his attempts to have ‘date nights’ with his wife and do the school run (good on him!) hit the headlines. This highlights a challenge we all face when it comes to prioritising activities and...
Recruiting Better Talent - Attitudes of Success
It has just been announced that a new Youth Contract Scheme worth £1bn has been launched with a view to better equip 16 to 24 year olds to compete successfully in the jobs market and ultimately get into work.
It includes over 150,000 wage incentives worth more than £2,000 for each 18-24 year old an employer recruits, 20,000 incentive payments of apprenticeships and...
Innergy’s Monthly Rapid Review - What is the biggest thing that can affect your motivation at work?
Each month Innergy research an area of business that is pertinent to our customer database, carrying out a brief survey and providing some practical ideas that can be immediately implemented to help individuals, teams and organisations overcome some of the key challenges they face.
The three biggest areas identified were (in order):
Lack of job satisfaction
Lack of recognition
The...
Lots of noise, lots of momentum, lots of activity… but not the return
“You’re just a bunch of busy fools!” This was a conclusion that was derived at a board meeting I facilitated last week for a very successful organisation who were currently experiencing a slowdown in their growth and were questioning why.
What was different from three months ago? Why had sales conversions dipped so much? Had the market changed that dramatically without...
What is it that you do?
With so much emphasis on social media channels it can be easy to forget about your website and the power it can have when generating interest and business.
Internet access on the move has become so prominent that no doubt prior to a meeting people are searching your website, finding out what you do and getting an idea of your business, but are they interpreting the information...
Ask the question! It’s a gift
For anyone with management or team leader responsibility, it’s time to look in the mirror based on the latest survey (conducted by the CMI and Penna). How much to we really know about how we are perceived by our team and by others?
The survey, which drew on responses from 4,500 managers and 300 CEO’s and 550 HR managers, suggested 43% of managers thought that their...
Innergy’s Monthly Rapid Review - What is the most important skill of a great manager?
Each month Innergy research an area of business that is pertinent to our customer database, carrying out a brief survey and providing some practical ideas that can be immediately implemented to help individuals, teams and organisations overcome some of the key challenges they face and exploit any opportunities available to them.
In February’s review we asked those polled...
Solve the Sales Drought – Take a Four Minute Shower!
Caroline Spelman, the Economic Secretary has just recently issued a drought declaration in the South East of England, following the same declaration in Anglia and the pending declaration in the Midlands.
In an almost ironic parallel to the current economical situation and the rate of employment, some levels of groundwater are at their lowest for almost 35 years which will...
It’s Good to Talk
With so much activity on Twitter it can be a little daunting to get started and understand how to interact with your followers.
Nearly everyone understands the concept of twitter, communicating your thoughts in posts of up to 140 characters, but not everyone understands the point. What can you possible say in 140 characters that people will want to hear and ultimately...
The Easiest of Decisions
Sport regularly highlights team and organisational challenges that businesses face on a daily basis, albeit typically in a low profile and less newsworthy environment.
Here are a couple from recent times from the world of sport:
Situation 1
Two British heavy weight boxers this weekend had a fight in the post- fight conference after a world heavy weight fight in Munich...
Innergy’s Monthly Rapid Review - What do you hope 2012 will bring for you to push your business forward?
Each month Innergy research an area of business that is pertinent to our customer database, carrying out a brief survey and providing some practical ideas that can be immediately implemented to help individuals, teams and organisations overcome some of the key challenges they face and exploit any opportunities available to them.
In January’s review we asked those polled...
Managing the Customer Experience - Gap 3
It has been suggested that Customer Experience is ‘the big battle ground for businesses and brands to conquer’. Let’s look at the third gap that businesses have to close if they want to deliver a great customer experience that makes them stand out.
In previous articles we looked at Gaps 1 (click here), which related to the gap between what customers want and what...
“The Ali School of Management”
Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday inevitably led to documented reminders of what an extraordinary man he was and is. The re-runs shown of Ali both in and out of the ring are fascinating. Outside the ring, his articulate dialogue when interviewed highlight his intelligence, his passion and his beliefs. They also highlighted some of the great Ali quotes and Innergy are happy...
The Eight Lessons of Christmas
Christmas is a very unique time of year when it comes to the working year. There are more people off work at the same time than any other period, we throw more parties and we have a peak of activity on the home front that needs to be built into the working week somehow.
We do things at Christmas that we never do at other times of the year and it challenges us in different...