Are You an Amateur Negotiator? Join Ben from Innovate Podcast and Darren A. Smith with their talk on how to become an effective negotiator. Learn useful tools like the squaredance for negotiating and disregard bad practices like running to PowerPoint first. Read on to discover the basics of effective negotiation that you can start using today. Darren A. Smith: What else could we do? What could I explore? What do you want from me? Could we talk about a contract that's 50 years long? No, we can't, Darren. Alright, what about one's five years long maybe? Okay. Could we talk about improving the qu ..read more

Is Drinking No Longer an In-crowd Kind of Thing? Join Janet Hadley and Darren A. Smith in an all-new podcast episode on the British drinking culture. Hear why the British drinking culture has changed in the 21st century and its impact on how leaders encourage inclusivity in the workplace.  Learn other cool things like the origin of beer and statistics on the leading cause of absenteeism and fights in the workplace. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Welcome to S***s and Giggles with HR. We are with the lovely Janet Hadley. How are you? Janet Hadley: I'm very well, th ..read more

Is Drinking No Longer an In-crowd Kind of Thing? Join Janet Hadley and Darren A. Smith in an all-new podcast episode on drinking culture. Hear why drinking culture has changed in the 21st century and its impact on how leaders encourage inclusivity in the workplace.  Learn other cool things like the origin of beer and statistics on the leading cause of absenteeism and fights in the workplace. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Welcome to S***s and Giggles with HR. We are with the lovely Janet Hadley. How are you? Janet Hadley: I'm very well, thank you. Darren A. Smith ..read more

Shits and Giggles with HR Episode #1 What is Right About the Recruitment Industry Could Be Written on a Stamp! Join Lisa Haggar and Katrina Collier to discuss what is wrong with recruiting. The horror stories of people going through 6 rounds to get a job and then getting no reply, or how people receiving job offers then leave their job, only to be told that the job they applied for & won, has been made redundant before they even start! You Can Read the Shits and Giggles with HR Episode #1: What is Right About the Recruitment Industry Could Be Written on a Stamp! Transcript B ..read more

Presenting to Make an Impact Join Darren Smith in this webinar where he discusses 10 top tips using the mnemonic 'presenting' on how to make a presentation that has an impact. Find out more about how you can change the way Learners deliver impactful presentations, whether they are internal or external. Also, help learners develop their knowledge and understanding of how to convey key messages, fully engage an audience, and deliver maximum influence. Significantly increase your impact and influence when presenting with our Presentation Skills Training Course. 10 Top Tips Procrastination Have yo ..read more

Explore the HBDI Assessment Tool Join Andy Palmer and Sarah Garratt in the tenth episode of the Weekly Training Booster. This episode is about ‘What is the H.B.D.I. Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument assessment’. Exploring a number of questions to understand this assessment tool. Andy and Sarah discuss the HBDI assessment tool You Can Read the HBDI Assessment Episode Transcript Below: Andy Palmer: Welcome to MBM's Weekly Training Booster. We are Weekly Training Booster number 10. This week we're going to talking about what is the HBDI, Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument. Today I'm joined by ..read more

Russian Supermarket Discounters Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the thirty-ninth episode of the Grocery Guru. They discuss the Russian Supermarket Discounters Opening Stores in the UK. How it will affect the UK's supermarkets. Particularly Aldi and Lidl. Plus, supermarkets like the 'X5 Retail Group' and their innovative approach and different model. Russian supermarket discounters to be opened in the UK You Can Read the Full Russian Supermarket Discounters Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Hello, and welcome to Grocery Guru. This is episode 39 and we are here with that groc ..read more

Have Morrisons and Asda Taken Their Eye Off the Ball? Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the thirty-eighth episode of the Grocery Guru. They discuss the latest Kantar market share showing 12 weeks to 20th July 2021. Asda and Morrisons losing share, Tesco gaining, and Aldi & Lidl showing flat growth. You Can Read the Full Kantar Market Share Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Hello, and welcome to your weekly episode with The Grocery Guru. This is episode 38 and we are here with that guru, Andrew Grant. Andrew, how are you? Andrew Grant: Good morning. Darren A. Smith: Now, Andrew. I k ..read more

Ultra Fast Groceries Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the thirty-seventh episode of the Grocery Guru. They discuss the rise of rapid groceries, also known as ultra fast groceries. These start-ups are being discussed by JP Morgan and Credit Suisse as having the ability to take serious market share in the UK. This week Darren and Andrew discuss ultra fast grocery deliveries You Can Read the Full Ultra Fast Groceries Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Hello, and welcome to the Grocery Guru. We are episode 37 and we are here with that Grocery Guru, Andrew Grant. How are you? Andrew Grant ..read more

Telling Stories at work Join Andy Palmer and Darren A. Smith in the ninth episode of the Weekly Training Booster. This episode was about telling stories at work and how to improve your presentation skills. Using stories to achieve greater engagement with your audience. Everyone can tell stories - Tell me about an accident you had, or a time you were embarrassed. Telling stories at work will help to improve your presentation skills You Can Read the Storytelling Episode Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Hello and welcome to week nine with Andy Palmer. We're talking about the Weekly Training Boo ..read more