James Shoemark on ‘Six Ways to Kill Your Business’
James Shoemark from Holyrood Coaching explains six ways to kill your business. To illustrate his points James includes a real life case study of a restaurant in Sweden. You can also watch this presentation on YouTube.
Part 2. The main reason businesses fail
Part 3. James introduces restaurant case study
Part 4. Flaw 1 : Incorrect assessment and solution
Part 5. Flaw 2 : Denying problems in a failing business
Part 6. Flaw 3 : Management and staff resistant to change
Part 7. Flaw 4 : A business director can be too optimistic
Part 8. Flaw 5 : Director has too many conflicting interests
Part 9. Flaw 6 : Management not monitoring the business
Part 10. Why businesses fail and how to avoid failure
Part 11. Question 1 : At what stage can coaching help a business?
Part 12. Question 2 : Was the restaurant in the case study saved?
Part 13. Question 3 : Is business coaching expensive?
Part 14. Question 4 : How long should business coaching last?
Part 15. Question 5 : What’s the key thing to monitor in a business?
Part 16. Choosing the right coping strategy to save a business
Part 17. Discussion on managing a business effectively
Victor Brierley presents Bagging Scotland
On 5 August 2010 at The Restaurant Bar and Grill, Glasgow, Bagging Scotland founder Victor Brierley gave an overview of their objectives of how they aim to be ‘The Saviours of Scottish Tourism’.
Part 1. Introduction.
Part 2. Victor gives his views on VisitScotland.
Part 3. Why Scottish tourist attractions must be smooth operators.
Part 4. Victor explains the reason for the name Bagging Scotland.
Part 5. The significance of whisky and distilleries to Scottish tourism.
Part 6. Victor on the things Bagging Scotland bang on about.
Part 7. Why Scotland needs better mobile and broadband networks.
Part 8. Why Scottish tourist attractions should learn from each other.
Part 9. Victor Brierley on why St Andrew’s Day should be a Scottish holiday.
Part 10. Why Scottish tourist operators should be more honest.
Part 11. How the Tartan Army are an asset for Scotland.
Part 12. Why Scotland should embrace its cultural icons more.
Part 13. Why they respect Fiddler’s whisky bar at Drumnadrochit.
Part 14. Victor Brierley on why Bagging Scotland supports shinty.
Part 15. Victor gives his views on Homecoming Scotland.
Part 16. Victor gives views on Scottish tourist organisations.
Part 17. Victor Brierley discusses Bagging Scotland’s other activities.
Part 18. Victor outlines Bagging Scotland’s whisky tours.
Part 19. Victor explains ‘Links Bagging’ for golfers.
Part 20. How Bagging Scotland helps people to help themselves.
Part 21. Victor concludes his presentation on Bagging Scotland.
Overview of the Moviecom.tv video channel
Gillian O’Neil from Moviecom TV (www.moviecom.tv) gives an overview of the Moviecom.tv video channel and how video is becoming an essential marketing platform for SMEs. Podcast recorded in Glasgow on 4 May 10.
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