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Running can be a great time to allow the mind to make connections and here are a few thoughts that I connected this morning as I ran out. Our unconscious can hinder us from achieving difficult things, quietly robbing us of the resilience to keep going or preventing us from seeing how far we’ve come. I was . . . → Read More: Exercising behaviour The news that the Government still seems wedded to their aim to tax small businesses on their parking spaces suggests to me that we need to start thinking about policy in a different way. This legislation is indicative of a desire to merely recoup reserves that had been spent out on projects and have now been . . . → Read More: The time is up on current policy thinking I had the good fortune to catch the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, live on Sky News earlier and I was struck by the eloquence with which President Obama delivered his inaugural speech. If ever there was a clear demonstration of our two great nations and the common language that George Bernard Shaw . . . → Read More: Two Nations  Comments are closed  Communication, Policy  George Bernard Shaw, Inauguration speech, President Obama, Two languages divided by a common language Have a relaxing Christmas and a healthy, happy and highly prosperous 2009! You really deserve it… just as soon as you’ve got these last few easy tasks wrapped up! . . . → Read More: Last thoughts before Christmas And note, whatever time & money the legislators feel a small business owner should spend understanding and complying with existing & new legislation will be multiplied by 4.7 million times. . . . → Read More: Employment legislation Those people who have worked with me know that I am not an accountant, but this does not detract from the fact that I am a great advocate of management information. In fact, I am often staggered that businesses, usually smaller ones, have managed to survive at all without it and I would hypothesise that there is a . . . → Read More: Lack of Financial Control As if to underline my post this morning, this article just arrived in my inbox. I had the great double-honour to interview John Moulton on behalf of Stuart Slatter as part of my course on Turnaround Management at London Business School. Moulton is savvy beyond the ken of even gifted businessmen and I heartily recommend heeding . . . → Read More: Weighty agreement In this case we need to ensure our business is ready for the conditions, trimming unnecessary costs and setting strategies in advance of any problems. This requires your attention firmly on your business, on the environment, both internally and externally and on what is happening elsewhere in you industry. . . . → Read More: Approach to Poor Conditions Readers might like to know that I have a second site at www.FosterRuns.com, where the visitors appear to come from very . . . → Read More: Cross fertilisation There have been nine recessions in the last 50 years, each lasting an average of eleven months and as just another facet of business life they represent an opportunity to be grasped with both hands.
In the first article we advocated . . . → Read More: How To Make The Best Of A Downturn – Part 2 |
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