by John Foster | Sep 5, 2016 | Business
Dr W Edwards Deming is known as being one of the quality gurus and is highly regarded in Japan as Deming made a significant contribution to Japan’s reputation for innovative, high-quality products, and for its economic power that has helped Japan become the...
by John Foster | Jun 16, 2016 | Business
Introduction How often do we hear people at network meetings ‘What’s your strategy?’ and the answer is usually goes something like ‘Baby buy to lets, then move up to HMO and eventually commercial properties’, and everyone is satisfied and they then move onto the next...
by John Foster | Jun 14, 2016 | Business
Introduction I know that this can be a boring subject and most of you would rather watch paint dry than read through a set of regulations, but bear with me as I am just going to pick out a few and try to show you that in reality you need to understand which laws and...
by John Foster | Jun 13, 2016 | Book reviews
Introduction My mentor/coach Mark Dalton told me to read a book called ‘The One Thing’ by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan. If Mark tells me to read it I know it is for a reason, so I obtained a copy and having read it I know why he wanted me to read it. This book...
by John Foster | Jun 12, 2016 | Business
‘I’m really organised’ when I hear this phrase from people I want to challenge them, because I am sure that they are not as organised as they think they are. Why do I say this? There is a continuous improvement tool known as 5S that demonstrates what organised really...