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Snooker It Easy
It's not just about potting the next ball.
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Girl Friday, Gone Saturday
Know your weakest links.
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Illegal Chats
Are we living by rules that don't exist?
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My 9/11 Lesson In Humility
RIP Mike McCabe.
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Be A Teacher
It's about the Why, not the What.
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Take The Blame
Go on - take it on the chin.
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A Disruptive Influence
Or be disrupted.
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Money Happy
Enter the freedom corridor.
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I Met Mick Jagger
He made me jump.
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Consultants Are Idiots
Trust your team.
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Crush Or Be Crushed
You don't have to pound them into the dirt.
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Scale From 1 To 10
A great visual tool.
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Go Catch Your Own Dinner
I'm fed up doing it for you.
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An Ingenious Process
Go on, suck out the lifeblood.
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You're The Big Cheese
Give a catchy job title.
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Don't Incriminate Yourself
They have to prove you're guilty.
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The Grand Ol' Duke
Lead backwards.
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Upside Down Revolution
The spanners are at work.
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How To Grow A Product Manager
Start with benchmarking.
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Ringfence The Cash
And avoid the wipeout.
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There's A Hole In My Bucket
Retention vs acquisition
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Make Things Simple
It gets things done.
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Create An Advisory Board
Put good people around you.
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It's About Values, Not Money
Money doesn't define you.
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You Don't Report To Your Board
It reports to you.
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Recruit, Retain, Develop
The holy trinity of effective HR.
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It's Not A Race
Enjoy the journey.
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The 5Ds Of Product Management
From conception to the last breath.
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What Does A Product Manager Do?
Beats me!
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So What's Unique?
Make sure you can clearly enunciate your difference.
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Sweat For Inspiration
Soak it up.
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Commission Free
Building an effective reward program.
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Under Promise, Over Deliver
Just a little bit.
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A New Business Idea
Small cog, big engine.
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Work/Life Bollocks
Prepare to be absorbed.
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Product Manager Or Project Manager
What's the difference?
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Sales & Marketing
Go together like raspberry & roast potato.
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No Barriers
Don't put someone between you and your customer.
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Front Door, Back Door
Really know what your customer wants.
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Sit With Your Customers
And together figure out how to solve their problem.
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Speak Last
You just love the sound of your own voice.
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Stick To Your Knitting
Don't imagine your skills transfer.
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There Is No Climate Crisis
It's all going to be just fine.
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Encourage The Informal Network
Find out what's really going on.
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I've Been Depreciated
My value is diminishing!
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The Dividend Game
Got any spare cash, mate?
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More On Gross And Net Profit
Step by step.
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Ask For Forgiveness Not For Permission
Act first then beg absolution.
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Cliff Edge Performance
Show your employees the jagged rocks at the bottom.
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