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	<title>Richard Bosworth - Business Strategy, Executive Coaching, Yorkshire</title>
	<link>http://www.whatifspecialist.com</link>
	<description>Tough questions and answers for business leaders.</description>
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		<title>How to Think Outside the Box to Boost the Bottom Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tired of the ‘same old same old’ ways of doing things and worried that, as a business owner you and your top team are stuck in a rut and missing out on massive opportunities? As scientists scour the complexities and depths and breadths of what constitutes creativity and innovation – In my experience as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ways to Avoid Worries Dampening Your Holiday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an owner manager are you relishing the prospect of a well-deserved and worry-free summer break with family and friends because your top team will ensure the business runs smoothly? &#8230;.or are you dreading venturing further than the office front door because you fear things going wrong in your absence – with the result that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Moyes Should Avoid Changing the Goalpost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The shock resignation of Sir Alex Ferguson kicked off endless debate this week about whether his successor should adopt a less autocratic style – or if the new leadership should comprise a team as opposed to one powerful figurehead. It transpired that the privilege of steeping into the shoes of the man who led England [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Sustain that Relaxed Bank Holiday Feeling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you at your desk or out at meetings working flat out and wishing you were still in relaxed bank holiday mode? Would you love to be able to keep that sunshine ‘feel good’ factor which comes with spending magical moments with your family – but don’t know where to start because your business is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatifspecialist.com/2013/05/how-to-sustain-that-relaxed-bank-holiday-feeling/</link>
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		<title>Five Key Questions to Establish Your Big Business Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m all too aware as a business strategist and performance coach that a lot of companies compose short concise statements that claim to be their &#8220;vision, mission and values&#8221;. Unfortunately such statements can fall into the trap of being so clichéd that no-one really acknowledges them. They can likewise be so ambiguous that it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatifspecialist.com/2013/05/five-key-questions-to-establish-your-big-business-strategy/</link>
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		<title>Why More Talk Equals More Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Building sales growth requires you having more things to talk about to more people, according to master marketeer Carl Hopkins. This simple and effective formula has enabled him to power a business from £9m sales to £20m in just a few years. So what do you talk about? With more than three decades of boosting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatifspecialist.com/2013/04/why-more-talk-equals-more-sales/</link>
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		<title>How to Beat the Economists’ Crystal Balls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They didn’t see the credit crunch coming and according to many the Euro should be a thing of the past. so why should we pay any heed to the latest reading of the bones from the economists. Irrespective of whether we’ve avoided the triple-dip recession, here are a few things to help keep your head [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatifspecialist.com/2013/04/how-to-beat-the-economists-crystal-balls/</link>
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		<title>A Three Step Formula for Gearing Your Team up for Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How valuable would it be to know why you fail to smash your annual growth targets? Is it because the energy and enthusiasm you exude at the start of the year is lacking a serious strategy for growth that can be tested and measured? Is it also because your senior team need equipping with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatifspecialist.com/2013/04/a-three-step-formula-for-gearing-your-team-up-for-growth/</link>
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		<title>The Secret to Planting the Seeds of Opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t tell me you don’t dream about &#8211; and yearn for &#8211; the BIG break? By this I mean a multi-million pound/dollar contract win, a new product opportunity &#8211; or a marketing idea that will change your life forever. As a business strategist who has accumulated a wealth of worldly wisdom over three decades, I’ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatifspecialist.com/2013/04/the-secret-to-planting-the-seeds-of-opportunity/</link>
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		<title>Can Your Crew Trust Your Judgement As Their Skipper?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the adage that actions speak louder than words &#8211; how well you listen tells your team far more about you than all the words and presentations under the sun. We’ve previously discussed how failing to listen and speaking to the wall is a key warning sign of why leaders fail. This was reinforced in [...]]]></description>
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