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Leadership & Management

A Bowl of Cultural Soup

Graham Birkenhead, May 11 2021

There really is nothing quite like a good bowl of soup; warming, nutritious and tasty. The thing about soup is that there is almost an infinite variety of possibilities of what you can make – whether it is using a different combination of ingredients or a slight variation of the same ingredients. Adjustments to the cooking time or temperature, or...

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Channels

Why Most Exporters Fail or Die a Slow Death

Andrew Penny, April 6 2021

Imagine you are running your country’s summer Olympics team. You have athletes in almost every discipline – swimming, water polo, skateboarding, volleyball, boxing, rugby, fencing and so on. As head of the team, your mandate is to win medals. In the next Olympics, your athletes will be competing against the best in the world. This is no longer loca...

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Market Strategy

Asset Baggage

Andrew Penny, March 23 2021

When you go to a new market, you consider both your best opportunities to obtain new clients and protect yourself from the competition. If you can identify your competition's asset baggage, you can rest assured you will find your sweet spot.Asset baggage includes a company's brand, staff, IT systems, distribution network, marketing collateral, inve...

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Market Strategy

The 5 Ways to Grow Your Business

Andrew Penny, March 9 2021

Most of the time when people come to us they are looking for help to grow their businesses. And when you think about it, there are actually only five ways to grow a business. Here they are: OneDouble down on the niche that you already serve. This can be done through better-selling processes, better marketing processes, improved channels, but essent...

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Leadership & Management

Symptomatic Misdirection

Graham Birkenhead, February 9 2021

A few years ago, while training for a triathlon, I went to see my doctor about a pain in my knee. He prodded and poked, and did various scans and investigations, all of which identified nothing in particular. Eventually, he referred me to a physiotherapist who was adept at understanding, and very importantly resolving, strange aches and pains.

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Market Strategy

Why I love Moleskines

Andrew Penny, January 26 2021

So here we are : 2021. We are at a new beginning. • WFH is a recognized acronym• The US has a new administration,• The UK has set sail away from the EU• China is running into authoritarian complaints• Covid vaccines are hitting their stride• Social media is maybe too big for its own good• On-line and Cloud everything is the norm• Client expectatio...

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Leadership & Management

For 2021, Make More Use of Your Mind

Graham Birkenhead, January 5 2021

Over the Holiday break, for a little light relief, I was simultaneously reading a couple of books: one about neuro-plasticity and another about memory. Both books about the brain; one from a physiological perspective and the other from a more psychological perspective. Both books were ultimately about learning.

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Leadership & Management

Seven Lessons from 2020

Andrew Penny, December 15 2020

First, let me tell you how grateful I am for the good fortune Kingsford has experienced during this crazy year of 2020. While many have suffered difficult times, we have been lucky to have an expanding roster of great clients who are thriving in this weird economy and are seizing the emerging opportunities.

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Communication

Which do you think is more important.... answers or questions?

Andrew Penny, December 1 2020

I wrapped up a meeting by saying, “Is there anything you’d like to know about Kingsford?” And the CEO across the table said,” No, I don’t think so". You have asked such good questions you are clearly an expert in this area and can most certainly help us”. We went on to enjoy a great business relationship with that client.

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Leadership & Management

What is Core Purpose?

Andrew Penny, November 3 2020

Over that past few weeks we have been talking to clients about core purpose – that overarching reason to get up and do what you do each day. From an owner’s perspective making money is empty and soulless without purpose. From an employee point of view ’making the boss rich’ is obviously not a motivator. You can do much better than that!

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