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LEADERS OF THE FUTURE BOSS Today #43

However, she showed and end up diluting what you are
how the BOSS good at. Follow where the growth
Business Supplies is coming from and get everyone
Charity can help focussed on a clear set of objectives.
those from n Have fun doing it: of course you
our industry can have down times, but they
who have make the peaks feel even better!
fallen on
difficult After lunch, Charlotte Wiseman
times by (Wellbeing People), a psychology
recounting graduate whose own career has
a couple of seen periods of anxiety and stress,
stories of how used her own story as a backdrop to
beneficiaries explaining how we can look after our
had been put wellbeing at work. Making sure that
back on their feet the session was lively and interactive,
by the Charity and the appropriately-named Wiseman
wear finished – not by asking for quizzed the delegates about their
too many hats: money – but by urging delegates current state of wellbeing, which she
focus instead on to spread the message within their defined as ‘functioning at our best’, and
what your strengths workplaces that the Charity was there explained that improving this could
are and ask others to do the rest. for whenever help might be needed. lengthen our lives by up to seven years.
n Tell a story: you need a story for Adam Carnell (Bluetree Group) Wiseman then gave “five ways
your brand, because while facts completed the morning session by to wellbeing” which the delegates
don’t always work with customers, telling his own story of ‘Starting From could use on a day to day basis:
they will always remember stories. Scratch’ by setting up an instantprint
business straight out of college, n Social connections: speaking
Indeed, Ponan’s story was an then merging with another printer to someone - anyone - face to
engrossing tale of resilience, and growing very rapidly. Carnell face during each day releases
perseverance, ingenuity and explained that he had learned a chemicals into our bodies that
creativity, lit up by a hatful of number of valuable lessons from this: can help to relieve stress and
memorable and inspiring aphorisms: stop us feeling isolated.
“As an entrepreneur you say ‘Yes’ n Know your numbers: make sure n Active lifestyle: we should bring
now and work out how to do it later!” you get and review regular data on movement into our working
“When you feel like giving up, how your business is doing. day every day. This does not
think about why you started.” n Your team is your business’s mean an hour of aerobics
“However small you feel, you most important asset: make every day, but a moderate
can still make a difference: you sure that you recruit
just have to get started.” people with the right
“Even if you make mistakes, attitude. If you install
you can still learn from them.” a new machine it
“Tell your staff that you will take won’t affect the other
responsibility for their mistakes and it machines, but a new
will change the way they look at you.” employee can really
“Every day has 24 hours but it’s affect other people.
what you do with that 24 hours – n Empower your team:
and what you do with your talent make sure that they
– that will define your success.” have the freedom
While the day rightly celebrated and ability to do
success, Frances Stephen (Springfield) what is required.
took a few moments to tell a more n Keep your business
sombre tale by reminding the delegates focussed: don’t try
that not all careers always go smoothly. to take too much on

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