Retirement. Is this one of the biggest unspoken risks in a business? In the last year I have been to a number of reunions, celebration dinners and parties and noticed that the conversation is increasingly revolving around retirement. Since I am planning my next 20 year career, these conversations have come as a shock. While … Retirement – the business risk that is never mentioned?
Some of our team here are adamant that we should all be allowed to dress as we want at work as long as it has a smart appearance and it is sexist to get women to wear make-up and high heels.
This blog first appeared on PRiME, an online magazine for women in their prime and looks at the trends in social media. There are some great blogs around at the moment about trends in social media. I share some of these blogs and talk about the underlying trends in social media in business that are … What are the trends in Social Media? What you need to know
Am I doing enough with our existing network – which is both vast and has quality relationships in there? And could constant networking actually damage your business?
It started as a joke. A strange, orange, media-hungry, shouty-person with a dead hamster on his head announced a hair-brained bid to run for president and instantly set about upsetting just about every demographic group in America. Most laughed, many became enraged and only a few took him seriously. Fast-forward a few months and the … Six things Donald Trump teaches business about social media
I have got two pet hates in design at the moment – white out (where the font is in white against a coloured background); and the colours of acid yellow and lime green. The colours themselves are favourites of mine – for clothes. But in my view, they just don’t work as corporate colours. I … What is good design? Yellow, green and white-out are not!
If the UK was a business, you would be looking at the drama of the last ten days and say ‘it’s time to change tack and start focusing on what you do. Stop the boardroom politics, grow up, get out there and win business and look after your employees’. Reading the papers this weekend, you … Brexit – time to ignore the doom-mongers
John Brandon’s 22 Twitter Power User Features to Give You a Social Media Advantage is a listicle that has really great content and new learning
The UK must do much more to seize business opportunities in Latin America or risk losing out to the rest of the world warned a leading Uruguayan business expert from Sunny Sky Solutions at an event with thebigword in London which looked at how British firms can break into the rapidly growing region. Gabriela Castro-Fontoura … UK is falling behind in race for Latin American opportunities, warns Uruguayan business expert
