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Cupcakes and customer service
A guest post by Suzanne Stolberg Anyone who has heard Chris’s approach to not tolerating dental patients who are looking for the cheapest...

Chris Barrow
Aug 22, 20163 min read


Who were the Brexit voters?
The result is the result and, depending on how you voted (or didn’t) the party poppers or spilt milk can now be cleared away – tomorrow...

Chris Barrow
Jun 26, 20163 min read


The Troll
I know I shouldn’t (because it gives them oxygen) but I find myself pondering the motivation of internet trolls who wait for you to...

Chris Barrow
Jun 19, 20163 min read


Hiring epic people
I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time listening to owners and managers give me blow by blow accounts of the performance and...

Chris Barrow
Jun 7, 20161 min read


The Pain Barrier
Why, I wonder, do so many people procrastinate on making tough decisions about relationships until the short-term pain of making the...

Chris Barrow
May 11, 20162 min read


Zero tolerance (again)
It’s only Thursday morning and, already, quite a week of meetings and emails: the web developer who tells his client (and mine) that the...

Chris Barrow
Apr 21, 20161 min read


Kissing frogs
I’ve been recruiting people (and helping clients to recruit) since 1985. Over the years I’ve worked with numerous psychometric testing...

Chris Barrow
Apr 20, 20161 min read


Which list?
A personal coaching exercise. Take 2 sheets of blank paper and a pen. write a list of the achievements, events and relationships in your...

Chris Barrow
Mar 19, 20161 min read


The Adventure Life
Today brings digital news of the unexpected death of another friend of a friend. The second in as many weeks. People I didn’t know. Who...

Chris Barrow
Mar 13, 20162 min read


The Average Man
Last week I jumped on the last one of numerous trains, for a short connecting ride between Stockport and Wilmslow (10 minutes) to get me...

Chris Barrow
Feb 6, 20167 min read


Bowie
The third tier of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is to “love and belong”. For hunter-gatherers this manifested itself in tribalism....

Chris Barrow
Jan 12, 20161 min read


Paulines. I meet #2
On Friday morning I visited a 12-month old private dental and health clinic in the City of London. Opened by a Spanish entrepreneur and...

Chris Barrow
Oct 12, 20152 min read


People – are there enough of them?
In conversation with my friend and client Simon Reilly and thinking about how many potential clients we have in ourrespective countries...

Chris Barrow
Aug 11, 20102 min read


Taking the time to say thank you
How many times do I have to remind myself that a heartfelt “thank you” is often worth more then all the money imaginable (or applause for...

Chris Barrow
Apr 3, 20081 min read


The cure for call centres
I have a small loan with MBNA bank and the last payment by direct debit was missed because of a mess up with my current account bankers...

Chris Barrow
Jun 19, 20062 min read


Getting outside your comfort zone
One of my clients has recently completed an extended trip away from home, visiting with 4 of his top consultancy clients and spending...

Chris Barrow
Aug 31, 20052 min read
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