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Bella shows huge impact
Bella has been an inspiration and had a huge impact on me. It is sad when a great project (as all good things must) comes to an end. I was initially nervous about working through a translator, but William has been brilliant even to the extent of facilitating a bit harmless flirting with the 70…
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Keep it Simple
By the fourth sessions with our Bangladesh clients, the need to keep it simple is becoming clearer. Our clients are not really doing as we expect when we set them tasks. We are beginning to see the effects of cultural diversity. Western life and workplaces bring enormous complexity. Trying to influence people to change is…
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Why the Value Proposition unlocks more than just sales
Following the third sessions between our aspiring leaders from Rolls-Royce and their entrepreneur clients in Bangladesh, our group coaching call focused on the Value Proposition. From earlier posts in this series, you may recall that our clients had learned about business consulting, but had not attracted any customers. (You can start from the beginning here). …
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Motivation for rapport and entrepreneurial success
In this second article following our Rolls-Royce aspiring leaders developing skills in Bangladesh we major on motivation. In case you missed it, the first article is here. Last time we sought to understand why our clients had no customers as yet and we sent them to dig deeper into their prospective customers’ needs. The challenge can be be summarised…
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Sowing the seeds of development in fertile ground
Rangpur District in northern Bangladesh is home to some 25M people. Half are illiterate and ⅓ live below the poverty line. Most survive on subsistence agriculture using the same techniques they have used for centuries. Development and the technology and resources of the modern world have largely passed them by. Rangpur district is very fertile…
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Learning Digital Marketing from a Malawi widow
You could be forgiven for wondering what a 70 year old widow from Malawi could possibly teach you about digital marketing, especially as her product is aimed at those with neither reliable electricity nor much spare cash. Intrigued? Read on. All will be revealed, but first a bit of context. Malawi is one of the poorest…