The Top 10 Reasons that entrepreneurs, who need an elevator pitch, say they don’t have one
Reason #10 – Is the Elevator Pitch even relevant anymore in 2017? Good question! Let’s consider the stats. Consumer research tells us that: On average each of us is exposed to over 5,000 different brands every single day. Every single day each of us will...
There are 17 basic mistakes in this Elevator Pitch. Most people can only spot 8.
First, let’s watch this terrible 1-minute pitch. It’s full of all sorts of elevator pitch mistakes, so keep an eye out! (click to watch the video) Before we get to all the elevator pitch mistakes in this terrible elevator pitch, one thing I think we can...
The Joyful Meeting Formula (or how to hold productive meetings that don’t destroy everybody’s will to live)
Bad meetings are like bad sex. You start off with high hopes of a mutual coming together and leave feeling deflated and dissatisfied. Everyone hates bad meetings. Bad meetings are soul-destroying. They sap your will to live. If it’s not that annoying...
“A large chair does not make a king” – The four fundamental flaws of leaders that fail
In September 2013 David Moyes took over as manager of Manchester United from his predecessor, Sir Alex Ferguson (the most successful manager in Premiership history – and that’s hard for me to say as a West Ham fan!). Moyes took over the same team that had...