Positively transform and drive sustainable improvements in performance and results

Can you relate and recognise any of these problems in your sales department? Lack of growth? Squeezing of margins? Customer retention/loyalty? Lack of an effective CRM system? Crowded and competitive marketplace? Non-existent sales process? Retention of salespeople? No value added? Price of product or service too high?    It could be any or all of these – as well as

This year, more than ever, people in leadership positions in business must put interpersonal relationships as the top priority in their leadership tool kit.  In other words, how well can they communicate, empathise, motivate and build genuine trust with their teams? They must be able to re-invigorate and re-engage their people by demonstrating that they have earned the right of being

I can’t believe how many people in leadership positions seem to have lost the ability to make decisions, become masterful at creative problem solving or planning, in a way that turns ideas into action and the spectacular results all businesses need just now These are the basics of leadership. If we can’t master these, we’ll never be able to master the

We, at Sewells, don’t give corporate executives hell … we just tell them the truth and they sometimes think it’s hell .. when, the realty is, it’s hope! Every organisation needs a truth teller. We call them “Yinglings” after a US Army Colonel called Paul Yingling. He loves the Army and yet is not afraid to speak the truth in

In your organisation, how closely (if at all) are your teams’ beliefs aligned?   When management believes certain things, and their teams believe something else then there is an issue. For example: Management believes the new direction will energise and motivate the team … their teams believe there was nothing wrong with the old direction Management believes the new strategies

There is no way that the quality of customer service can exceed the quality of the attitude of the people who provide it (whether on the ‘phone, virtually or finally back to face to face) – and the culture of the organisation within which they work. 10 times out of 10, if the attitude and mindset of your team are

Announcing our next “Working Miracles … with Performance™” open workshop on May 19th and 20th, 2021. Now is the time to get yourself and your people fully focused, motivated and engaged in delivering what you need to make 2021 better than you ever could have hoped for. This two-day workshop will guide you through tried and tested strategies that are simple

Like most people, we’ve always been fascinated by teamwork and performance. Now, more than even – whether that’s the team in the office or at home – or a combination of both! So, how does the right team become a single, efficient, almost unstoppable unit. Each person playing their own part, in achieving … and exceeding … objectives? For us,

In our video on Monday this week (click here if you missed it) we talked about sowing positive (thought)seeds and how it is up to us to create the positive environment in which we want to live. We can be the source of positivity and inspiration … and we can destroy it just as quickly with sarcasm, teasing, cheap shots,