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'No' is sometimes the best answer
One of the strange quirks of doing business in Ireland is the inability of the Irish to say 'No'. Now you do not have to be that blunt...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 5, 20233 min read


There should be a 'P' in January
Before the introduction of sat nav it was necessary to plan your journey in detail. Firstly, you would take out a map and identify...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 5, 20232 min read


7 practical tips to make internal meetings more productive
We have all attended them, the meeting that rambles on with no clear focus or outcomes, where petty squabbles and side issues suck the...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 5, 20232 min read


3 steps to successful face to face networking
'Networking is not selling' and if that is the only message you take from this article then I have been successful. Networking is about...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jan 25, 20234 min read


3 important questions you need to consider
What will you do differently this year to get you closer to your dream? Are you prepared to invest anything to help you drive your...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jan 2, 20232 min read


How much did you invest in yourself in 2022?
The day you stop learning about life and business is the day you take your last breath. As someone who has spent more than 40 years...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Dec 14, 20222 min read


Make 2023 your best year ever for business!
If you have seen the film Groundhog Day you will know that the main character played by Bill Murray finds himself in a place where every...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Dec 7, 20222 min read


Are you wasting money on customer service?
My wife purchased Hula Hoops BBQ Beef flavour for me from our local Tesco which was a surprise as they were out of stock for some time....

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Nov 19, 20223 min read


5 more tips for better public speaking
I was invited by the organisers of the London Climate Technology Conference to emcee this important conference that included many...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Oct 24, 20223 min read


How 'present' are you and your employees?
It was about 3.00 in the afternoon one Tuesday recently and I was walking along a pathway that runs adjacent to a narrow slip road that...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Oct 4, 20222 min read


5 tips for better public speaking
I was invited by the organisers of Tech Connect Live to emcee the main stage at their 2022 event. In tandem I was also going to moderate...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Sep 19, 20225 min read


Recession, what recession?
There is a recession coming, how do I know, because every day we get further away from the last one, we get a day closer to the next one,...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Sep 5, 20222 min read


Hidden charges update...
I wrote an article about hidden charges with downloadable spreadsheet see here which was prompted by my experience of being caught out by...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Aug 15, 20222 min read


Are hidden charges going under your radar?
I am annoyed with myself. I am usually careful about subscribing to websites but got caught out recently and that cost me €200.00. I...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Aug 1, 20222 min read


Why you should declutter your mind
On average we have more than 6,000 thoughts per day running around in our head which could explain why so many of us find it difficult to...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jul 24, 20222 min read


Let's make email work for us
How much is email costing your organisation every year, well according to a report from the International Journal of Internet and...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jul 18, 20223 min read


Where is your time being spent?
Time poor is an expression that we seem to hear on a regular basis, and I suppose the question that must be asked is, are we time poor...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jul 4, 20223 min read


Have you a process in place when you lose a customer/client?
We all lose customers and it is part of the natural cycle of business but it is important to understand why it happened as it may prevent...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
May 17, 20224 min read


What is the value of an organisation chart?
When we are starting out in business we have the ability to remember virtually every aspect of our business. It is in our head and we can...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 13, 20224 min read


What do you do?
What do you do maybe one of the most common questions you are asked and it is natural for people to reply by saying IT, we have an...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Mar 29, 20223 min read
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