This is the kind of reality TV I like

As the title says this is the kind of reality TV I like.  According to digitalspy Five are commisioning a series called “Business Inspector”. It will use the same premise as “Hotel Inspector”, where an expert will go in and try to turn the business around. I have been fascinated by how businesses are run from an early age. It’s great to bring in an outsider, they can see with fresh...

Job Titles?

What’s actually in a job title? In my opinion not a lot, it’s just a fancy title, it doesn’t really tell anyone what you do on a day to day basis. Let’s just strip away the peel of the orange and take a look inside, the real juicy stuff is there, not the peel or pith that the job title generates. For example when I see the job title “Finance Director” I just get the opinion that...

Thinking of others

In business we all know it can be cutthroat always looking at the bottom line. However how many owners/directors actually think about their employees? Companies changing offices/policies, are the owners/directors doing it for the benefit of their employees or they doing it because it’s more convenient for them? If you are the owner/director of a company, don’t take your eye off the ball, always look at...

Capital One are at it again in the UK.

Are you getting a letter from Captial One stating that you are in arrears in your account? This may come as a surprise to some of us because for one reason or another our accounts never actually reached the stage of becoming a full credit card account,which to me means that the account was never opened. I had the same letter about 2 or 3 months ago, I phoned them up immediately and asked them what was going on?...