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The Directors' Centre Newsletter
Challenging, honest, business advice 
December 2008
In This Issue
Free Case of Wine!
A Reminder of What We Do...

Article of the Month
Keep your head above water
"Keep your head above water"
What is the most important thing to measure to tell you how well your business is doing?

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Greetings!  

Riobert Craven Juggling

From Robert Craven,

Keynote Speaker, Author and MD of The Directors' Centre






Welcome to the December/Christmas edition of the Newsletter.
 
Scary times ahead and now is the time to get your house in order for what is going to be a 'challenging' 2009. Our clients are reporting highs and lows (and very scary lows) in equal measure. One client has just had his best month ever!

You can work with us to help you survive (and thrive!) as we enter 2009. Working with The Directors' Centre will help you make the tough decisions and implement them; the clarity and 'free of business school nonsense' approach that we use will help you to hit your sales and profit targets so that you run the business you want to run.

Top Tip:
Attend the 14th January MASTERCLASS FORUM with Robert Craven and Paul Jobin - an excellent opportunity to work with us and with a select group of like-minded business owners to scrutinise, review and improve on your plans for 2009. Key objective: more sales and more profits for your business. Here is a comment from Paul Fairhurst, MD of XJF said, "If you want to 'plod along' don't come on this course."

Other Options:
Sign up for a  RECESSION-BUSTING CONSULTANCY DAY with one of our consultants who has survived the last recession. Get a detailed, no-nonsense, between the eyes, wake-up call showing you what actions you need to take! This could be your best investment you make to survive this recession and come out the other side a leaner but vastly more efficient business.

Attend a no-obligation BUSINESS SURGERY - a rough and ready business review to see what you need to do to take your business to the next level.
Now is the time to take action.


Now is the time to take action.

Happy Holidays!



Robert Craven

Robert Craven
The Directors' Centre

PS Free Case of Wine: Answer one simple question and we'll put you into our prize draw for a free case of wine.
Robert Craven would like to give you a FREE case of wine!
There's no such thing as a free lunch but I'd like to offer you the chance to win a case of wine. Why not?
 
Getting ready for 2009 we are tidying up the database. So, to make sure that you only receive relevant mailings from us, we'd like to ask you one simple question. If you answer the email we'll put your name into a prize draw for a case of wine.
 
And the question is... How many people do you employ?
 
Click HERE, give us your answer and we'll pop your name into the hat!
A Reminder of What We Do...
Grow your business
"We work with the owners and directors of growing businesses who feel the pains of growth... we're people who have 'been there and done it' helping you to 'go there and do it'... which means that you exceed your targets so that you run the business you want."

Businesses with 10+ employees: work with one of our team of consultants to grow your business; we've run and sold our own businesses. No 'clever clogs' theory here - just practical, honest and goading help to take your business to the next stage. To find out more call me or Lesley (01225 851044) or sign up for a FREE Business Surgery

Established Growing Businesses: buy 'Bright Marketing' and 'Kick-Start Your Business' (Foreword by Sir Richard Branson) ("Truly Inspirational' The Independent) - Shopping Cart.

New Businesses: buy 'The Start-Up Essays' Book - Shopping Cart
 
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