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Opportunities

The idea that starts everything

by Paul on 9 February 2010 · 1 comment

As a manager, notice the ideas from your team. Ideas that grow become a vision for the future. If you value your future, then make sure it is full of your ideas.

Business magic – Self belief

by vandy on 1 February 2010 · 1 comment

We’re inclined to think that we need to know everything before we take the leap and try something new. I challenge that view.

How balanced is your life?

by Paul on 27 January 2010 · 1 comment

We talk about Work-life balance as though the two were separate. It is almost as though we are saying that when we are working, we are not living.

The process of risk management

by Paul on 11 November 2009 · 0 comments

Alchemy for Managers Weekly Tip – guest post from Paul Matthews.
Risk comes from the uncertainty inherent in the world.
The consequences of the uncertainty can be good or bad.
If the consequences of something are good, we use words like ‘opportunity’. If things could turn out badly, we call it ‘risk’, and as managers we [...]

Get back on that bike!

by vandy on 28 August 2009 · 0 comments

Last week, I fell off my bicycle. It wasn’t a major accident, but it was enough to create a chain of actions that made me think that cycling is a great metaphor for business.
First of all, as a child I had no fear at all – I would cycle off at hair-raising speeds, with not [...]

Last week we read a blog post written by Katherine Wiid of Recrion in which she points us at Peter Bregman’s article in the Harvard Business Review on why small business have an edge in the current climate.
Katherine reminds us of the number of passionate experts who are making the decision to start their own [...]

What are you waiting for?

by vandy on 30 October 2008 · 0 comments

Its human nature to want conditions to be perfect before we make a move. That way we reduce the risk. But its far too easy to wait for so long that we never get around to doing anything.
How often have you waited so long that the opportunity has gone before you take action? What did [...]

If not, why not?
Are they wrong for you at the time? Are you afraid that you might not succeed? Have you not realised what you are passing up?
Make sure you’re not missing great opportunities. Even in tough times they come up all the time. In fact, in tough times, there may be more of them [...]