Leadership & Development Articles

Breaking Free:

Stop People-Pleasing In a world where human connections and social acceptance play a significant role in our lives, it’s natural to seek approval and validation from others. However, when the desire to please others becomes a constant and overwhelming need, it often leads to self-neglect, diminished self-worth, and an inability to assert one’s own needs and desires. People-pleasing can prevent us from living authentic, fulfilling lives. But fear not! In this article, we will explore Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

Embracing the Unfamiliar

The Benefits of Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone can be Transformative. Growth begins at the end of your comfort zone; this is a profound truth that many of us tend to overlook. It’s natural to seek comfort and security in familiar surroundings activities both personal and business, and yet growth and self-discovery lie in the uncharted waters beyond your comfort zone. There are numerous benefits that come with stepping out of your comfort zone, Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago
Andrew Walter Business Management Consultant

Getting Growth

Personal Development is the Key to Unlocking Your Potential In the journey of life, personal development is essential for growth and fulfilment. The process of continuous self-improvement enables you to evolve, adapt, and by doing so transform your life. It empowers you to step out of your comfort zone learn new skills and achieve your goals. The one fundamental principle at the heart of personal development is if you want a change in the results Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

Leader – Leader – Leader

What else is there? It’s all I see these days, leadership this and leadership that, there are leadership coaches, and leadership programs and a million books and videos on the subject, there are seminars and workshops, in fact there is so much out there you would think we have it covered right? The interesting part for me is that in the world of entrepreneurs and SME business owners it’s not really a big problem, Leadership Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

What’s Holding You Back?

What do you believe is true. Just one of the questions most of us find it difficult to answer, in fact most people never ask themselves because they have no idea where they want to go, or what kind of person they would like to be, worse still most people think they are pretty good as they are thanks very much and why the hell should they change. Sound familiar? It should that’s around 80% Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

Marketing Plans

How important are Marketing Plans Well as with everything else it’s relative, it depends on how important it is to grow or even to maintain your revenue. This is not a glib answer in my opinion they are important but not any more important than say debt management or 90 day planning. Growth may not be the most important thing to fix right now but if you want to see growth and you want to Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

Communications What You Need.

If you wanna be the best and you wanna beat the rest then….. For those of you old enough to remember record breakers read it again with the theme tune, for those of you not old enough there is always You Tube. The message is accurate though, if you want your message to be heard above the racket and noise out there in the world today then you need to communicate effectively. There is a Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

What Makes You So Special

Serving your Target Market I may have mentioned before that it is common with SME’s to avoid defining a target market due to a misguided belief that it will reduce the number of potential customers rather than simply making it easier to find them. You will not be surprised then, when I tell you that it is rarer still for most to spend time and effort working out what it is they actually do for Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

Hitting your Target

Target Markets This is an area of marketing that a lot of SME’s struggle to adapt in a meaningful and helpful way. Most have heard the term and they understand the concept, why it’s important and yet they don’t implement it, at least not in a way that actually helps them get more of the right kind of customers. A lot of SME leaders I speak with tell me they understand the concept and yet Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

KPI’s a misunderstanding

Paradise by a Dashboard I often find myself explaining the difference between Key Performance Indicators, Goals and Targets. Because the fact is when a metric becomes a target it is no longer a good measure. KPI’s should help to keep you informed of the level of activity that is going on towards the attainment or your goals and targets, they should be there to gauge progression towards your desired outcome and in turn help you Read more…

By Andy Walter, ago

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