When it comes to mentoring it can mean very different things to different people: ranging from social befriending through to a strict focus on shared objectives mentoring. Befriending may include things like helping someone…
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Following recent interest in the Dragons Apprentice pre-launch event in June we’ve included information on the agenda below: DRAGONS’ APPRENTICE LAUNCH OF 2012/13 CHALLENGE JUNE 14, 4.30 – 6.00 PM AT…
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If you are a new business owner how do you answer this question? Most people who ask the question “How is business going for you?” are genuinely interested in what you’re doing and…
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Red Potato started trading this week and it’s been a great week. What does that mean? Well, it meant the business became central to everything we do – building the brand,…
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We’ve all heard the phrase “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titantic”. The definition on Wiktionary is “To do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that…
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There are some big issues which can’t be adaquately tackled by a single organisation. Things like reducing youth unemployment, less childhood obesity, and reducing carbon emissions are just too big for one…
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Much debate about the nature of capitalism, post Euro-Zone crisis, credit crunch, and decline in company ethics. For many years we have blindly followed a model which rewards consumption and…
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I know, I know, this is meant to be a serious business blog, but here at Red Potato we feel strongly about recycling and the wonders of compost. Something to…
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Well the original idea was a good one, but I think the phrase “focus group” has become debased such that sometimes it can be code for getting a group of…
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The project has been completed, the final report, finally approved, the diary is clear of project update meetings and the virtual team has gone its separate ways. But what has…
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