Advice
How to shift into your winning zone
Entrepreneurs, to find your winning zone (and stay there), you need to get your emotional state right from the get-go. Here are four straightforward tips for how to make it happen.
Neil Tilley
8 PostsNeil Tilley is the CEO and co-founder of Upstream Print Solutions, a company that achieved success as Australia’s largest independent managed print solutions company.
Neil founded Upstream after seeing an opportunity in the market to help customers save money on their printing. In 1995, along with Gordon Hoen, he formed the Upstream Group: a group of companies with the shared vision to help businesses reduce the cost and hassle of document output management. These companies, including Upstream Technology and Print Solutions Australia, merged in 2007 to become Upstream Print Solutions. In 2010, Upstream became a wholly owned, independent subsidiary of Fuji Xerox Australia.
In his role as CEO, Neil is focused on providing continued innovation and value to customers, and fostering an environment where staff can show their own entrepreneurial spirit.
Read more about Upstream at The Upstream Blog.
Advice
Four ways to find your winning zone
So you’re primed, hungry and ready for your big success. Is it really as easy as having blind faith and loads of energy, or is there more to achieving success? Here’s how to get into your winning zone.
Sales
Why trusting relationships with clients and prospects are a must
Just made a new network contact? It’s now your job to build a strong enough relationship that will earn you the right to ask for their business. Building strong and trusting relationships with your existing customers is also fundamental to the long term success (and profitability) of your business.
Sales
The link between networking and great leadership
Being a good leader requires you to be great at selling yourself and your business, but for many networking is an incredibly daunting exercise. Here’s some easy ways you can overcome your fears and become a master networker.
News
Learning from others to break the ‘rules’
Neil Tilley blogs about finding the inspiration to do things differently in your business.
“One area SMBs can look for inspiration is businesses outside their own industry. Looking at the market leader within another industry is a great habit to get into.”
News
Innovation 101: We don’t all have to change the world
Neil Tilly blogs about looking at innovation from a different perspective.
“The problem a lot of business owners face is that too many are looking for the game-changing, billion dollar idea that will propel their business to the same heights as Apple or Google. In 99 per cent of cases this simply isn’t possible.”
News
Re-defining work/life balance
Neil Tilley looks at what a work/life balance means in today’s terms.
“In the majority of cases today, work/life balance is less about a division between what is and what is not work and more about a flexible approach to working.”
Managing
Green printing: save money and the environment
Many companies are looking for ways to reduce their environmental footprint and sometimes working greener means saving money too. Printing is a great place to start. Cutting back on printing will not only save your business money, but improve efficiencies and reduce your carbon footprint. Although most companies make it easy for their employees to […]
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