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Finding the marriage between drive and love
There’s something about running your own small business. To quote my friend and client Dapo Olotu, founder of Dental 397 in Exeter:...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 13, 2017
Do yourself a favour – look up from that screen
So there I was, feeling a little sorry for myself because this week is a series of 05:00 alarm calls and 22:00 hotel arrivals, dashing up...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 12, 2017
Huddling your way from good to great
You know how I’ve been rattling on about The Daily Huddle in the last week? Last weekend, Annie and I stayed at York and Albany, Gordon...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 7, 2017
How a global hotel group and a specialist dental referral practice stay ahead
Many years ago I stumbled across a superb 6-minute video on the Four Seasons Hotels web site, in which founder Isadore Sharp talks about...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 6, 2017
Why paddling your own canoe requires 4G’s from you and your team
In the October issue of Wired UK, there is a fascinating interview with Debbie Wosskow, CEO of Love Home Swap, launched in 2011. Debbie...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 5, 2017
Why the attitude of your people is more important than ever
Based on my personal experiences over the last few days, its seems possible that the hotel and catering industry may have woken up to the...
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Chris Barrow
Aug 29, 2017
Why your organisational structure has to evolve if you want your business to grow
To begin with, you can download (free of charge) here an updated version of my suggested organisational structure for a £10m private...
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Chris Barrow
Aug 17, 2017
Why it’s important to remember that you can never leave school
In the 20th Century, learning was viewed as a phase that took place early in one’s life. The objective for all socio-economic groups was...
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Chris Barrow
Aug 16, 2017
How work has changed since the 1930’s and what we need to learn
Upton Sinclair was an American writer and political activist who, in the mid 1930’s, wrote a series of allegorical novels that exposed...
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Chris Barrow
Aug 14, 2017
Why knowing when to fail can be more important than knowing how to succeed
About 6 years ago I was approached to become involved in a new business and, as part of my research, enjoyed a fascinating dinner with...
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Chris Barrow
Aug 9, 2017
What to do when that valued team member tells you they have been poached by the competition
It’s really hard to swallow isn’t it? When a member of your team hands in their resignation and tells you that they are moving to another...
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Chris Barrow
Jul 25, 2017
How young UK dentists are getting ripped off when they buy practices
Recently, I have met three young dentists who have bought practices under what I can only describe as questionable circumstances. Three...
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Chris Barrow
Jul 18, 2017
What Game of Thrones and Dunkirk teach us about where we are in the economic cycle
As Season 7 of Game of Thrones takes us back to Westeros and re-introduces us to the characters we hate to love (don’t panic – no...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 21, 2017
The next time you get a CV to read, this is the detective work you need to do
A client recently sent me 5 CV’s received in response to advertising for a new Practice Manager, this for a well-established private...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 16, 2017
Why tweaking Skype and Twitter is too little, too late and what that means for all of us
Interesting to note that: Skype has been redesigned from the ground up and a new version will be rolled out over the months ahead,...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 13, 2017
How I managed to knock 40 minutes off my marathon time – and what we can all learn from that i
One of my personal highlights of May 2017 was completing my 24th marathon in Liverpool and attracting over £2,300 of support for the “We...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 9, 2017
Politics and the real world – what will you be thinking about today?
Politics I’ve always been inclined to respond to the visual rather than than the written word and so I’m grateful to the BBC web site...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 5, 2017
Why we will all go back to work today
There have been two occasions in recent weeks on which I’ve woken early and arrived down in the kitchen to discover horror stories all...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 2, 2017
A warning – needles and row boaters – 3 essential reminders for anyone leading a team
Reminder #1 You cannot motivate people. Carrots and sticks do not work. The following phrases are never effective: if you do this I will...
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Chris Barrow
May 25, 2017
What to look for in new recruits
Ready? Pen and paper in hand? Here are the criteria for recruiting new people into your organisation at every position: hungry blank...
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