Blog - be more effective http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog Copyright 2013 60 en-gb Thu, 23 May 2013 10:51:41 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/will-multi-tasking-get-you-home-early-tonight/ Most of us don’t have the luxury of being able to focus wholly on one project or task. In fact we consider ourselves lucky if we can count our live and vital projects on one hand. Does multi-tasking help? Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:50:41 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/what-did-you-do-for-red-nose-day/ A discussion to link red nose day, laughter and learning Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:28:15 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/poor-communication-costs-the-business-world-millions-every-single-day/ Poor communication costs the business world millions every single day; here are a few tips to help you plan the time, and ensure your communication is productive Wed, 9 Jan 2013 20:36:16 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/consider-both-synchronised-and-asynchronised-communication/ The favoured form of communication is face to face. Meetings and telephone appointments are two of the most common forms of synchronised meetings. Could asynchronised communication be more effective? Tue, 4 Dec 2012 11:13:21 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/what-is-the-cost-of-not-communicating-with-your-colleagues/ Communication in a business can be a challenge, with so many other things taking up your work time, so common that “People not available for discussions” is one of the top time management problems. Is there a cost to Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:10:03 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-client-wins-15m-project-after-bid-coaching/ Amazing – having previously failed to win a similar bid – this time following the involvement of Bob Hayward and Paul Etheridge of Be More Effective Ltd's a clients has just secured major €15 million bid. Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:07:12 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/what-is-best-multi-tasking-or-batching-tasks/ What produces the greatest personal productivity, multi-tasking or batching tasks and zoning your time. It's simples really isn't it? Tue, 6 Nov 2012 9:16:19 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/want-to-be-at-least-20-more-productive/ When available, the option to work from home can be appealing for a number of reasons. Jim Hetherton looks at the pros and cons Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:22:39 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/how-many-ways-are-there-to-say-no/ How do you say "no" without insulting the other person, feeling consumed with guilt, or hurting your own credibility? Mon, 15 Oct 2012 8:43:38 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/dis-engagement-in-companies/ Jim Hetherton offers some insights to maximising employee engagement Mon, 1 Oct 2012 20:35:25 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/a-major-communication-for-unilever/ A senior team at Unilever had a major presentation to deliver to the board; they knew they needed something different, something that would have an overwhelmingly positive impact and win over a tough audience... Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:21:16 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/usamp-sales-director-remembers-the-training-from-nine-years-ago/ Nine years previously, in 2003, Ben Leet went on a one day time management course. Such was the impact of that day Ben has been using the principles every day since Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:03:17 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/turn-mistakes-into-opportunities/ When is a mistake potentially more valuable to a company than getting it right..? Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:29:43 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/email-draining-productivity-creating-liability/ Email overload is causing productivity issues and costing us around two hours of wasted time per day - why..? Thu, 5 Jul 2012 19:03:57 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bob-hayward-speaks-at-nrg-network-in-swindon/ Bob Hayward speaks at NRG Network in Swindon on 3rd July 2012. His topic… A price resistant sales approach Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:48:49 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/how-to-spot-those-little-white-lies-and-boost-your-selling-skills/ Sales people who understand and use non-verbal communication to establish rapport, build trust and assess the signals prospects give off without realizing it will open more accounts, sell more and sell more often. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:20:12 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-appointed-to-design-and-deliver-training-modules-for-integralis/ BME is proud to announce that is has been recently appointed to design and deliver modules on negotiation, conflict resolution and time management for Integralis Tue, 5 Jun 2012 22:30:09 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/why-love-thy-neighbour-may-be-a-thing-of-the-past/ That infamous Aussie soap may proclaim “everybody needs good neighbours”, but it seems that in the UK these days fewer people than ever know anything about the folks next door. Tue, 22 May 2012 18:07:07 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/stoke-park-select-bme-to-enhance-their-customer-service/ When the General Manager at 5 Star Stoke Park wanted to take the customer service skills of his front of house team even higher he chose BME to develop and deliver a bespoke programme. Tue, 15 May 2012 22:09:35 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bond-wouldnt-want-this-latest-drink-shaken/ We hear that product placement is gaining ground as a marketing and sales technique and we’re all for this. But even we were surprised to learn about one of the latest such 007 product placements Sat, 12 May 2012 18:02:10 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/online-booking-fees-one-cinema-chain-gets-sales-savvy/ Now here’s marketing and sales technique which has to be applauded. Cineworld has decided to get rid of the expensive online booking fees for tickets Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:20:41 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/newport-city-council-leaders-hear-from-bob-hayward/ Each month Newport City Council invite a top business consultant and speaker to address their most senior fifty managers. This month Bob Hayward was asked to present a two hour session on Personal Effectiveness. Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:27:36 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/profile-recruitment-select-bme-for-a-second-time/ For a second year in a row BME are selected to run a business simulation at Profiles Annual Conference Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:16:13 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/when-listeners-tuned-out-of-radio-1/ You may or may not be a Radio 1 listener – but no doubt you know it prides itself on being the flagship station for pop, especially the Breakfast Show; but maybe not for much longer... Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:09:33 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/who-is-getting-fired-this-time/ Lord Sugar’s The Apprentice is back next week. We’ve blogged about this programme before, but it’s worth a revisit as it provides such a fantastic example of how things should – or, more like, shouldn’t – be Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:26:57 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/popular-timepower-programme-goes-european/ October to February is normally the busiest period for time management programmes and this year has been no different. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:50:16 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-selected-to-design-global-on-line-marketing-programme/ BME has been selected to design a global learning programme called Exploring On-line Marketing Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:08:11 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/b2b-marketing-publish-our-article-on-price-resistant-sales-strategy/ B2B Marketing publish an article on the Value House; A price resistant sales aprroach Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:53:38 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/make-a-customer-for-life-not-just-for-christmas/ Two brief insights of poor customer service give an indication of what can go wrong and what might be done about it Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:24:41 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/make-your-office-party-go-without-a-bang/ A light-hearted discussion about the things to do and the things to avoid during any office parties this festive season Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:36:55 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/where-have-all-the-babies-gone/ What has happened to Mothercare? We haven't stopped having babies so have they lost consumer confidence? Have they become irrelevant to customers? Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:26:30 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/what-makes-your-staff-happy/ A light-hearted discussion around some of the small things that make us all happy Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:48:58 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/watch-out-the-americans-are-leaving/ With predictions of high levels of talented people changing jobs in the next year it is worth checking you have a talent retention strategy in place Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:33:47 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/on-sale-now-the-value-house-book/ BMEs first book - The Value House - goes on sale today Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:21:05 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/what-workers-would-give-up/ A comment or three on the findings from research on what workers would rather keep or give up in order to keep their own job Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:52:10 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/praise-continues-to-roll-in-for-the-value-house/ The pre-release copies of Nick Baldock's book - The Value House - continue to attract attention and praise from international speakers and business leaders Mon, 14 Nov 2011 9:25:53 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/engage-your-people-for-growth/ An overview of the part that business learning can play in empoyee engagement. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:29:47 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/getting-in-shape-do-you-need-a-business-workout/ A comparison between the benefits of a physical workout and a business workout - getting your business in shape to survive these turbulent times... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:14:20 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-launch-autumn-public-programme-of-events/ Be More Effective Ltd as pleased to announce five different programmes will be run at four different venues across the South of England between September and December 2011. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:44:40 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/will-it-help-me-or-hurt-me-if-i-put-my-prices-up/ A review of pricing strategies that could enable an improvement in profit even during times of low demand Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:36:59 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/are-you-ready-for-what-follows-the-downturn/ More business fall over once the downturn is over, this article reviews the mind set required to see your way through Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:18:19 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/have-you-ever-wanted-to-kill-your-boss/ Does Hollywood have the correct view of Bosses in this movie? Discuss Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:49:38 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/ecademy-press-to-publish-the-first-bme-book/ Be More Effective Ltd have appointed Ecademy Press to be the publisher of their first book. The book, to be released in November, is called The Value House Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:05:40 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/what-ten-things-make-most-of-us-worry/ Some thoughts in response to some research on worry by nPower Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:38:43 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/are-you-happy-to-make-a-change2/ Comparing the Prime Minister's Happiness Factor with Employee Satisfaction and Change Management Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:03:30 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/how-to-get-past-the-telephone-gatekeeper/ Making sales appointments over the telephone does not come naturally to everyone and one of the common frustrations is not knowing how to get past the gatekeeper Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:04:25 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/apprentice-at-risk-for-not-planning/ One episode of The Apprentice demonstrates the problems of not planning Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:04:33 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/i-need-to-think-it-over-or-did-you-really-mean-no/ One of the worst things a prospect can say to a salesman; what does it mean..? Does it mean no? Is it an objection? What does the salesman do next..? Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:29:03 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-asked-to-design-a-bespoke-marketing-programme/ A global business association has selected BME to design a number of programmes around specific B2B marketing concepts. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:47:44 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-asked-to-run-team-building-for-profile-recruit/ A Global Recruitment Company choose BME for Team Building at their Annual Conference Wed, 11 May 2011 16:26:05 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/solving-your-time-management-problems-part-1/ Short answers to five of the top ten time management problems Tue, 10 May 2011 16:16:03 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-to-run-customer-service-programmes/ A major UK Air Conditioning Firm wants to improve the quality and consistency of customer interaction Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:21:18 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/have-you-got-time-on-your-hands/ We're all so very time-poor these days, with many of us wondering how to fit everything in. Read this overview of the new book by Trapper Woods; Attack Your Day... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:58:04 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/are-you-happy-to-make-a-change/ Is Mr Cameron's happiness indicator anything new..? Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:02:54 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-supports-the-swindon-foodbank-ball-2011/ bme is delighted to support Swindon Foodbank as it fights local poverty Fri, 4 Mar 2011 14:28:34 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/are-you-stressed-out-at-weekends/ Research which highlight the impact of stress at weekends and the causative issues Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:12:24 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-customer/ An example of good customer service; turning a negative situation around Wed, 2 Feb 2011 20:10:31 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/patience-is-a-virtue/ A brief review of research on impatience Tue, 18 Jan 2011 8:56:29 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-secures-major-project-with-voip-leader/ VOIP Leader awards bme a second major implementation project Sun, 12 Dec 2010 7:28:23 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/have-you-ever-felt-time-poor/ An overview of the top time management problems Sun, 12 Dec 2010 7:15:11 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/tail-walking/ Billie the dolphin teaches others to tail walk and how that relates to be more effective's approach to training Mon, 8 Nov 2010 8:18:11 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/sept-2010/ Be More Effective Ltd - wins a project to manage a global roll-out Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:49:25 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-asked-to-run-bartercard-annual-conference/ bme asked to deliver a highly interactive and motivational conference for a multi-national company Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:28:19 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/what-are-some-of-your-favourite-acronyms/ A brief discussion on the use of TLA's Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:54:40 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/bme-client-wins-2million-bid-following-training/ bme client wins £2 million bid following training Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:55:25 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/july-2010/ bme win delivery of Marketing Programmes to a UK SME Association Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:38:27 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/top-ten-worst-time-management-report-2010/ The 2010 Top Ten Worst Time Management Problems Report from Be More Effective Ltd Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:29:42 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/what-does-internal-really-mean/ Too often internal communication is a top down broadcast Fri, 2 Jul 2010 9:32:24 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/world-cup-teams-do-they-work/ With the 2010 World Cup starting in a few days it was hard to conceive of any other worthy topic for the first "Be More Effective" Blog.. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:32:00 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/june-2010/ If Flexible Working is on your agenda, then join us for an invaluable half-day seminar at the fabulous Le Spa in Cirencester on Friday 16th July. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:31:04 http://www.bemoreeffective.com/blog/may-2010/ Welcome to the new face and name for Time Power. This website is the next stage in the launch activity of Be More Effective Limited. Wed, 19 May 2010 9:50:54