David Summerton Business Consulting
What Does Poisonous Management Look Like And How Do You Deal With It? A poisonous and toxic manager will show the following traits: Quickly moving from calmness to frustration Micro-managing staff Lacking emotional intelligence No control over moods Behaves in an anti-social way Has no interest in developing staff Has no vision in terms of …
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8 Key Soft Skills Every Manager Needs Self-assess yourself against the following 8 skills that successful managers and leaders practice every day; Teach: train, develop and show your staff all that you know so that when the opportunity comes along, they have the skills and knowledge to get them onto the next rung in their …
Who Sees The Problems In Your Workplace? All organisations have problems, of differing size and impact, but even in the most successful there are simmering areas of discontent and friction. Management would always want to ignore problems, especially if they do not (currently) have a negative impact on performance and they are not (currently) hovering …
The Manager’s View – Open Or Closed Mindset? The managerial job is something that can rarely be predicted – one day may start out like any other but can quickly take on a life and energy of its own, taking you in directions that you had not considered and offering you learning opportunities that you …
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The New Business Mantra Post Covid-19 Growth of the organisation, however you might want to measure this, is always the number one challenge facing any organisation, even in times of economic growth, strong market opportunity, ample available skilled labour and readily-accessible and cheap financial support available. In difficult times, uncertain times and times when the …
Strategies For Growth In These Exceptional Times Growth of the organisation, however you might want to measure this, is always the number one challenge facing any organisation, even in times of economic growth, strong market opportunity, ample available skilled labour and readily-accessible and cheap financial support available. In difficult times, uncertain times and times when …
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How To Be Distinctive In A Crowded Market In a crowded market, where competition is fierce and the difference between what you offer and what the competition offers is small. The only way to survive and grow is to be distinctive, to stand out from the crowd and to deliver advantage. This is no small …
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The Biggest Management Challenges In The Next 5 Years We live in unprecedented times – the challenges facing business, once the impact of Corona virus is behind us, will be unlike anything we have experienced. All business must buckle down and deal with the following Challenges, regardless of size, sector and function. These are: Meeting …
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Why Quality Is So Important To Your Business The customer is progressively getting more demanding while markets are becoming more and more crowded and competitive. This is the perfect storm that all organisations are facing, and which ultimately separates out the strong from the weak. The Internet has killed hype and all your customers are …
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How To Keep Your Customers The customer is progressively getting more demanding while markets are becoming more and more crowded and competitive. This is the perfect storm that all organisations are facing, and which ultimately separates out the strong from the weak. The Internet has killed hype and all your customers are saying things about …
