I’ve been fortunate enough to fly Business Class with Emirates on more than one occasion this year – and yet noticed a small but interesting change in their customer journey during my flights to and from Australia. On boarding the aircraft, before the offer of a complimentary drink and hot towel, the presiding steward or
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So we left the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney, Australia on Friday evening, having recovered Lawrence Neville’s car from valet parking despite the best efforts of the concierge to make our customer service experience as indifferent as possible. We weren’t on his list. The following morning I found myself joyfully walking at a brisk pace back
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Life continues to provide endless metaphors for this blog and just when I was wondering what I could share with you from Down Under, the Shangri-La Hotel provided. That was the location for our 2-day workshop presented in collaboration with Dental Events Australia – and before I start I am going to confirm that our
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Building a team is one thing, identifying the needles in the haystack is another. Sadly, the chances of you building a “needlestack” are very slim. So an element of compromise is necessary in your approach to creating a championship support team. The needles will be those individuals who go the extra mile and light up
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I’ve been thinking further about the appearance of high-street retail managers in the delivery of independent dentistry and some of the lessons we can learn from that sector on leadership. A basic tenet of good leadership in the retail sector is to “walk the floor”. No better example of that than the controversial Mohamed Al-Fayed,
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Here’s a trend from the first two of this week’s Extreme Business Workshops (London and Manchester). The number of new non-clinical team members (Business Development Managers, Marketing Managers and TCOs) who are arriving from a background in retail management. Because so many of the UK’s high-street retail stores are struggling in the face of competition
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I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a policy that I do not accept introducers fees or commissions – I simply broadcast and comment on good ideas. Chris and I have been friends for approximately 25 years and recently, whilst
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I’ve had the pleasure of introducing The Marshmallow Challenge to a couple of dental teams in the last few working days – in Helens Bay, Northern Ireland on Friday and again in Solihull, West Midlands yesterday. It is a great ice-breaker and also filled with useful metaphors for teamwork, collaboration and lateral thinking (it also
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When you are recruiting team members, hiring suppliers or considering a business partnership, think about these characteristics: DRIVEN – they have a point to prove, a quest; LEADER – they know how to create environments in which people around them become self-motivated; COMMUNICATOR – they are articulate; GET STUFF DONE – they just do. Apply
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A couple of approaches to business for you to think about today. The Populist Approach Figure out what is selling like hot cakes and jump on the bandwagon. Advantages: market already clearly defined; popularity guaranteed; average skill required from support team; easy to get started. Disadvantages: what’s so special about you? popular markets can quickly
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