There are too many books and speakers that make claims along the lines of “this is how I did it (at one particular time, in one particular industry, in one particular set of circumstances) so do as I say and you too will become rich … [Read more...]
Bank Holiday Homework! A Bunch Of Fives
Feeling lethargic before your Bank Holiday break? Here are 25 things to get you and your business back into shape. Read the following list and commit to following through on just five of the following ideas as soon as you get back from … [Read more...]
My Creative Life
Interview with Bath Business News Name: Robert Craven Job Title: Managing Director, Principal Consultant, Author Current Company: The Directors’ Centre … [Read more...]
Robert In Action
Robert continues to work hard as Google's go-to speaker on agency growth, running programmes on Brussels, Bucharest and London. Here are some great pictures from recent events: … [Read more...]
What Are You/We Selling?
Lesson 1 of any marketing programme is that we shouldn’t sell features and we should sell benefits instead. Let put this another way. I translate this focus on benefits to the word ‘afters’, first introduced to me by Andy Bounds. … [Read more...]
Objectives and Key Results
Let’s talk OKRs… one of those acronyms you either do or you don’t know. OKRs stand for Objectives and Key Results. Used by the likes of Intel and Google, it is the practice of setting and communicating team and employee objectives and … [Read more...]
Year-End Blues Or What!
March 6, 2017 by Robert Craven The financial year-end is on its way and most people seem preoccupied either with sorting out all the year-end stuff or sorting budgets, plans and strategies for the next financial year. What a … [Read more...]
Watch Full Movie Streaming And Download Incarnate (2016) subtitle english
Incarnate (2016) HDDirector:Brad Peyton.Producer:Jason Blum, Trevor Engelson, Michael Seitzman.Release:December 1, 2016Country:United States of America.Production Company:Blumhouse Productions, IM Global, WWE … [Read more...]
Do you work with more businesses (in a relatively shallow way) or fewer but in a more intense way?
As a business coach and mentor I’m asked frequently asked the following question: Is it better to work with more clients (in a relatively shallow way) or is it better to work with fewer but in a more intense way (and therefore more … [Read more...]
Boards falling short
Do you feel that your board is as good as it could be, or is it falling short? Out of 772 directors surveyed by McKinsey: 34% directors agreed that their boards fully understood their companies’ strategies But a mere 22% said the … [Read more...]