Most companies business plan can be summarised as: same as this year, but a little bit better.
5% growth in sales, 5% reduction in costs. Umm.
Not very compelling is it? Inspiring? Doesn’t...
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There are times when things aren’t as you’d like. Some of them are impossible to do anything about - when even at your most irresistible, they’re immovable - and some of...
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Grand hotels chew through a lot of cash.
Some of it goes to location: the beach, city centre, by the conference, opposite the park. Some goes to furnishing and fittings and the...
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What changed?
Everything was going along swimmingly. Emails were exchanged, coffee was drunk, meetings were productive.
And then … a change of tone, less responsive, everything slowwweddd. And. Stop.
Don’t jump to the worst...
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There are roadblocks.
People who have authority and refuse to budge. Regulations that stop you doing what you want to do. Funding that falters. Unmovable forces.
If it’s a human blocker there’s always...
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