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Wellbeing - productivity - part 1
We are all walking around carrying weapons of mass distraction on our person, namely the smartphone. For those born at the beginning of...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 15, 20213 min read


Resilience - reputational damage
Reputational damage often results from a gap between what a company says and what it is perceived to have done. One of the most important...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Mar 30, 20213 min read


Productivity - emails
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
Mar 24, 20213 min read


3 questions to ask yourself about technology
I arrived home one day to see the new 55 inch flat screen TV with a child's fingermarks all over the screen. Strange I thought as I...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Mar 18, 20213 min read


3 simple ways to free up your time
As we approach the end of the end of 2021 there is still a lot of uncertainty out there. When will lockdown finally ease and what will...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Mar 10, 20213 min read


Strategic Plan checklist and planner
We are forever hearing about the importance of Strategic Planning but from experience most business owners don't have the time to get...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Mar 1, 20212 min read


Opportunities are all around you
Let me ask you a question, how many people know what you do? Typically the answer I will get is that everyone knows and yet the evidence...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Feb 23, 20212 min read


Networking - a lost art and missed opportunity
Business is a simple concept until you let humans near it and you do not have to look past networking to see what I mean. Networking is a...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Feb 7, 20215 min read


Why aren't we getting our full price? Part 2 products
I wrote last week about the challenges professional services companies have in getting their true worth in fees and suggested some...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Feb 3, 20214 min read


Why aren't we getting our full fees?
This is a question that comes up on a regular basis usually relating to professional services but sometimes in relation to supplying...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jan 26, 20215 min read


Proposals that secure new business
What is the first thing everybody does when they get a proposal, they go to the last page to see what the price is. Why is the price on...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Nov 17, 20204 min read


Could 2021 be as chaotic as 2020 for you?
2020 was an unprecedented challenge and a reminder of how vulnerable our organisations can be. Working with business owners we discovered...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Oct 19, 20203 min read


I don't know what we do....
If you were asked the following question, what would be your response? 'What do you do’ or what area of business are you in or something...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Oct 13, 20203 min read


Networking tips for a digital age
Before I go into the secrets of networking I would like to put some context into why I am in a position to help you with this often...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Sep 23, 20206 min read
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