What do the following things have in common? Ski trip to Richard Branson’s Lodge in Verbier Ted Baker Suit X-Box Selfridges Vouchers iPod Touch You wouldn’t be mistaken in thinking that these are the items on the credit card bill of your average millionaire. In fact, what all of these things have in common is [...]

Team-building is a widely used term in business referring to activities that improve team performance. There are companies dedicated to providing Team Building sessions, days and breaks which promise to ‘improve company performance’ and ‘tackle workplace issues.’ One question springs to mind: why would businesses want to place the responsibility of building their teams with [...]

The term induction in the sense of joining a new company literally means formally admitting a person to membership or office. This term seems unexciting and unrepresentative of what the process should be. Think about what starting in a new job should mean – anticipation, hope and renewed vigour to face the tasks ahead. In [...]

At UKFast we’ve been talking about the need for website speed in terms of its benefits for SEO and dynamic content for some time. But let’s not lose sight of the driver behind making your web presence quicker – people. Society today is a demander of speed and the internet is no exception. Google says [...]

Flappers – I can’t stand them. No, I haven’t got anything against bob haired young maidens with fringed dresses, dancing the Charleston, I’m referring to the workplace “flapper”. People deal with pressure differently and “flappers” are a problem for leaders. When the pressure is on, but the job still needs to get done, the last [...]

I am surprised any work gets done at all in UK business. There seems to be more “passion” in the workplace than a Jackie Collins blockbuster, Not that it’s all hearts and flowers – it’s just the business world certainly seems full of “passionate” people at the moment. I can’t seem to listen to a [...]

“The training budget has been cut” booms out the boss man!!! “Tough economic conditions means we need to strip out some costs and it’s coming from your area.” Does this ring true to you and your team? We know in the current business climate many companies are looking to reduce costs. To the overzealous bean [...]

You don’t often see “likeability” as a key characteristic, or core competency when recruiting people. Yet in my view, it’s an essential business quality – “People Do Business With People” – whether it’s selling goods and services or customer operations, the ability to form genuine, warm relationships is one of the ingredients to successful, profitable [...]