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Leadership Skills Tips

Leadership at work

What 11 Actions Show Leadership At Work?

Amanda Dudley

25 Feb at 10:54 am

How Do I Show Leadership at Work? Showing leadership at work sets you apart from the rest of your colleagues.…

Communication Skills Tips

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5 Ways in Which Cross-Cultural Differences Affect Your Outsourcing

Alexey Kutsenko

23 Feb at 10:13 am

Learn How to Overcome Cross-Cultural Differences Outsourcing is the choice of those seeking expertise while trying to cut costs. In…

Learning to Learn Tips

Etihad Exclusive Webinar: 7 Sticky Skills

Darren A. Smith

22 Feb at 12:27 pm

Thank you for attending the Etihad Airways webinar. I Shared 7 Sticky Skills Behaviours that you can use straight away.…

Learning to Learn Tips

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3 Essential Formulas for Business – Trust, Change and the 80:20

Darren A. Smith

22 Feb at 10:58 am

Discover 3 Formulas That Will Become Essential to Your Business My learnings from 12 years in the very structured corporate…

Communication Skills Tips

Overwhelmed by email threads

How to Deal With Email Conversations Effectively

Darren A. Smith

19 Feb at 11:06 am

Emails Are Continuing to Grow According to Campaign Monitor, each business person receives 121 emails per day. That’s 847 emails…

Influencing Skills Tips

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Making an Impact: 5 Tips to Ensure Your Business Makes an Impact Internally and Externally

Emma Worden

18 Feb at 10:41 am

How to Make the Maximum Impact for Your Business In the competitive global market, you want your business to make…

Time Management Skills Tips

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7 Insights That Will Improve Your Time Management

Darren A. Smith

12 Feb at 10:53 am

How Do I Improve My Time Management? In this post, you will gain seven insights that will help to improve…

Category Management Tips

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The Supermarket Wine Category is the Hardest Category to Shop

Darren A. Smith

9 Feb at 10:28 am

Do You Suffer From Indecision in the Wine Aisle? I would describe my understanding of wine as ‘Johnny Average’. I…

Coaching Skills Tips

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What Does ‘Thinking Strategically’ Mean and How Necessary Is It?

Darren A. Smith

8 Feb at 11:10 am

What Are Strategic Thinking Skills? ‘Smith. You need to think more strategically.’ This was my boss, Jim. I was 19…

Q&A With Groceries Code Adjudicator Mark White

Q&A With Groceries Code Adjudicator Mark White

Darren A. Smith

5 Feb at 10:21 am

The New Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) Mark White Answers Our Questions Mark White officially took over the role of Groceries…

Coaching Skills Tips

Book Review: ‘Be A Champion’ by Jamie Peacock MBE

Will Clement

1 Feb at 10:02 am

About the Book: Be A Champion At this moment in time, on our third lockdown, mental health and wellbeing are…

Coaching Skills Tips

Business Skills

Online Business: 12 Essential Skills

Lukas Tilkevicius

29 Jan at 10:25 am

Are Your Business Skills up to Scratch? Having many perks, it’s easy to see why an online business is right…

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Grocery Guru Episode 17: Micro Fulfilment Centres with Andrew Grant & Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

19 Feb at 10:07 am

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Grocery Guru Episode 16: The Importance of Using Shopper Language with Andrew Grant & Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

15 Feb at 11:08 am

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Grocery Guru Episode 15: Discussing Purchase Decision Hierarchy with Andrew Grant & Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

8 Feb at 9:52 am

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Grocery Guru Episode 14: Discussing Range Reviews/Range Resets with Andrew Grant & Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

1 Feb at 10:24 am

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Grocery Guru Episode 13: The Basic Principles of Negotiating with Andrew Grant & Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

25 Jan at 9:28 am

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Grocery Guru Episode 12: Tesco Christmas Q3 Results – 80% Clubcard – Andrew Grant & Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

19 Jan at 9:39 am

Making Business Matter (MBM) Grocery Guru Episode 12: Tesco Christmas Q3 Results - 80% Clubcard - Andrew Grant & Darren…

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Grocery Guru Episode 11: Are there any Christmas Turkeys left? with Andrew Grant and Darren A Smith

Darren A. Smith

12 Jan at 9:00 am

Making Business Matter (MBM) Grocery Guru Episode 11: Are there any Christmas Turkeys left? with Andrew Grant and Darren A…

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E31 – Leading Organisational Change With Jackie Lanham – Expert Interview

Darren A. Smith

11 Jan at 10:47 am

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Grocery Guru Episode 10: Good Riddance 2020! Our Predictions for 2021 with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

24 Dec 2020

Making Business Matter (MBM) Grocery Guru Episode 10: Good Riddance 2020! Our Predictions for 2021 with Andrew Grant and Darren…

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Grocery Guru Episode 9: The Three Ghosts of Christmas; Past, Present and Future, with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

24 Dec 2020

Making Business Matter (MBM) Grocery Guru Episode 9: The Three Ghosts of Christmas; Past, Present and Future, with Andrew Grant…

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Grocery Guru Episode 8: The Future of High Street with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

24 Dec 2020

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Grocery Guru Episode 7: Who’s the Pantomime Villain? with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

24 Dec 2020

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Grocery Guru Episode 6: It’s CPI Time! with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

24 Dec 2020

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Grocery Guru Episode 5: The Demise of the Deli Counter with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

24 Dec 2020

Making Business Matter (MBM) Grocery Guru Episode 5: The Demise of the Deli Counter with Andrew Grant and Darren A.…

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Grocery Guru Episode 4: The New Grocery Code Adjudicator with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

14 Dec 2020

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Grocery Guru Episode 3: New Normal, New Holidays with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

14 Dec 2020

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Grocery Guru Episode 2: Category Management is Dead with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

14 Dec 2020

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Grocery Guru Episode 1: Urban Fulfilment Centres Talk with Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

14 Dec 2020

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E30 – Inclusion with Derek Bruce – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

6 Jul 2020

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E29 – Virtual Classroom Learning with Helene Bejjani – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

6 Jul 2020

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E28 – Employee Experience with Caroline Shine – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

6 Jul 2020

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E27 – The Meaning of Trust with Csaba Toth – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

2 Jul 2020

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E26 – The Role of Learning and Development with Lorna Gamman – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

2 Jul 2020

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E25 – Time Management Mastery with Francis Wade – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

30 Jun 2020

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E24 – How to Define Values with James Kerr, Author of the Legacy Book – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

30 May 2020

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E23 – What is a Crisis? with Ross Hardy – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

15 May 2020

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E22 – Discussing Good Customer Service with Marc Gordon – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

7 May 2020

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E21 – How Do We Return to Work? With Becky Neale – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

5 May 2020

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E20 – Effective Communication Skills with Suzie Parkus – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

1 May 2020

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E19 – Team Building with Oliver Bailey – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

30 Apr 2020

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E18 – Effective Presentation Skills with Paddy Willis – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

28 Apr 2020

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E17 – Situational Leadership with Jay Raham – Expert interview

Nathan Simmonds

26 Apr 2020

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E16 – Change Management with Geoff Burch – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

25 Apr 2020

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E15 – The Five Laws of Retail with George Troy – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

24 Apr 2020

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E14 – Digital Wellbeing with Mich Bondesio – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

16 Apr 2020

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E13 – Conscious Culture in a Time of Crisis with Natasha Wallace – Expert Interview

Nathan Simmonds

3 Apr 2020

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E12 – Change Management with Professor Damian Hughes – Expert Interview

17 Dec 2019

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Short and Sticky Stories. Be the Best Version of Yourself.

E11 – Don’t Be a Cabbage Butterfly – Stop Task Switching for Better Time Management

Darren A. Smith

20 Mar 2019

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E10 – Learn How to Build Confidence and Re-Write That Post-It Note on Your Head

Darren A. Smith

24 Dec 2018

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E9 – Procrastinating, Frozen Peas, and the Snowball

Darren A. Smith

24 Dec 2018

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E8 – Email Writing Is Not like DIY! We Simply Can’t Be Bad at It

Darren A. Smith

17 Dec 2018

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E7 – You Do Your Best Work Under Pressure? You’re a Tight Deadline Junkie

Darren A. Smith

19 Nov 2018

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E6 – Not Having Effective Meetings? Are You Wasting Valuable Time? Answer: Have More Meetings!

Darren A. Smith

19 Nov 2018

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E5 – The Annual Appraisal is Lost – Avoid the Surprises and Make it A Useful Business Tool

Darren A. Smith

28 Oct 2018

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E4 – Do You Attend 1-Day Training and Do Nothing with It?

Darren A. Smith

16 Oct 2018

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E3 – Don’t Start with a Powerpoint Presentation! – Do More Effective Presentations that Achieve Your Objectives

Darren A. Smith

5 Oct 2018

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Short and Sticky Stories. Be the Best Version of Yourself.

E2 – Putting Off the Important Stuff? Identify the Important Stuff & Get it Done

Darren A. Smith

2 Oct 2018

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E1 – Email Overload? Try ‘The Hare and the Tortoise System for Managing Emails’

Darren A. Smith

28 Sep 2018

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