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Will our relationship with politicians survive the EU Referendum?

Will our relationship with politicians survive the EU Referendum?

There is a well-known and playful joke about a tourist in Ireland who asks one of the locals for directions to Dublin. The Irishman replies: ‘Well sir, if I were you, I wouldn’t start from here’. This is very much how I feel about the…

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Personalise, don’t just customise, your business relationships

Personalise, don’t just customise, your business relationships

Personalisation is making waves in the marketing community. What started as the tailoring of an email greeting (from the stock ‘Dear Valued Customer’ to the cheerily familiar ‘Dear Louise’) is evolving rapidly and imaginatively. When, towards the end of last year, Marmite offered its users the…

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A good argument can be the making of a business relationship

A good argument can be the making of a business relationship

Last week I went to see William Boyd’s new play ‘The Argument’ at the Hampstead Theatre. The title sells it short! In fact this one act drama features 10 arguments which take place within a troubled marriage, exploring the different eruptions which a relationship in…

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Building productivity through high trust relationships

Building productivity through high trust relationships

The UK has a problem with productivity. Data from the Office of National Statistics indicate that last year output per hour employed was 21% below the average for the other G7 countries and more than 30% less than France, Germany and the USA. While high productivity…

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Trust isn’t just for General Elections. My top ten tips

Trust isn’t just for General Elections. My top ten tips

We are now in the pre-election period, so called purdah, as the UK prepares to decide who will lead and populate its 56th parliament. All the familiar signs are there – daily policy announcements, breathless political reporting and a British public already worn down by…

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Think strategy, think relationships

Think strategy, think relationships

Now is the time to activate that plan to be better in 2015. Driving the plan, no doubt, is a piercing analysis of the opportunities provided by the coming months, aided possibly by the seasonal supply of crystal ball gazing, from a wide variety of…

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