Standing Out Makes It ‘Good’!

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Just got an invite to an event being organised by Halliwells Solicitors in Sheffield. The imagery is great. The three key partners dressed as gangsters looking mean and moody – so ‘un solicitor like’, it’s brilliant! Hope it shows up here. A firm of lawyers ‘daring to be different’, and not taking themselves too seriously. Whatever next!!!….. and YES! Of [...]

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Seeing the ‘Real Picture’

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Just back from a fantastic swimming training weekend for my triathlon. The Total Immersion training workshop teaches you to ‘swim like a fish’! A number of fantastic lessons for me, but here’s one for you. The session started off with them filming me in action. Wow – if a picture paints a thousand words, my swimming technique [...]

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Andy to be Key Note Speaker at BIBA Conference

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Andy has been confirmed as the Key Note speaker at the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) Yorkshire and Northern Region Annual Conference on October 3rd. It takes place at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. Bookmarks:

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Boosting Business in Barnsley!

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Yesterday evenining was spent at the Brooklands Hotel (Home of the Barnsley Chop!) in Barnsley at an event organised by Business Link South Yorkshire. We had a great evening with an impressive turnout of local business leaders. Click here for the slides. And Click here for my article Avoiding ‘Scriptease’ In Your Business. Bookmarks:

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An ACE Morning!

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I had a really interesting and stimulating morning yesterday with the ACE 17 Group in York. The Academy For Chief Executives is a group of like minded business leaders who meet monthly to share ideas, problems and learning. Click here for the slides from the session, and here for Vision, Values and Victors, a paper I think [...]

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More Than’ just a number?

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The Guardian has reported that the Insurer More Than.. have announced that all their customers will now have a dedicated account manager at their call centre in response to customer frustrations of anonymity and being passed round different departments. It seems a positive move. It will be interesting to see if customers become More Than happy with [...]

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40 FREE ideas!

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In December we held a highly successful event for business leaders in Tees Valley called Playing To Win. We produced a simple handout for participants to take away which contained 40 ideas for action. The feedback from this was great, so we’ve made it available on the website as a FREE download. You’ll find a number (40 [...]

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Chaos at the Check in?

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The Budget Airlines are up in arms about the extra tax that has to be paid on flights after February 1st. They’re threatening to stop people flying if they don’t pay, even though they have already paid their fares. I know some people have had ‘strongly worded’ emails about this, but there does appear to [...]

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April Date For Masterclasses in Sheffield

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Andy has just been asked to deliver 2 Masterclasses for Sheffield Chamber Of Commerce in April. Creating More Customers will be the theme of the morning session and Winning With Customer Service takes place in the afternoon of April 25th. More details will be posted soon, but if you are interested, please email the office lucy@competeorgetbeat.com Bookmarks:

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Your Competitive Advantage – Extend it like Beckham!

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David Beckham’s ‘Revolutionary’ Deal to join LA Galaxy for a reputed Bookmarks:

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