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Tips and Advice for Boardroom Body Language

It’s well known that body language and nonverbal communication can be a major factor in your professional life, helping you to win interviews, promotions and business deals. The way you move your body, your facial expressions, tone of voice and gestures are all things that will make a lasting impression in the workplace. Once you’ve…
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How to Positively Use Competition in the Workplace

If you’re looking for fun ways to increase the productivity of your workforce, whilst creating deeper bonds in your various departments, a good idea to try is encouraging friendly competitiveness between departments. Some industries and sectors are a lot more suitable to competition than others, with sales being the prime example. If you feel that…
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7 ways to market your small business

Small business owners and start-ups often don’t have a particularly large budget for marketing and advertising, and as such they may be unsure about how they can spread the word about their goods or services. However, even with the most modest of marketing budgets, there are plenty of things that an entrepreneur can do to…
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How to secure a business deal in the finance industry

No matter how big or small your business is, whether it is brand new or well-established – a good partnership deal can help to take your business to the next level. Forming a partnership with another company can open your company up to new financial resources, new connections, or vital skills that you currently lack….
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5 Ways to Market your Sports Team

In the world of modern sport, a team is not just a team, it’s a brand. As much as the team enjoy playing, and as much as the team’s management are passionate about the sport, they need to make money to carry on doing what they love. The good news is it’s pretty easy to…
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8 ways to motivate employees in the finance industry without financial incentives

It’s far easier for managers and directors to keep track of sales and margins rather than staff morale; but this is an equally important area of a business to monitor. It’s a fact that unhappy employees are also likely to be unproductive employees, so the happiness and wellbeing of your staff is actually crucial for…
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5 corporate award designs to make you look twice…

Podium Designs specialise in designing and creating innovative bespoke corporate awards. With your logo, branding and vision, and our expertise and skill, we can create unique tombstones to help you reward and motivate your staff. Celebrate, motivate, reward Corporate awards ceremonies provide the perfect opportunity to celebrate the achievements that your business has made over…
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Business management: Top Motivational Techniques

Your employees are the lifeblood of your businesses, and any success you achieve is directly attributable to the work that they’ve put in to helping your grow and develop. But your workforce is also responsible for when things don’t go so well; when you’re struggling to perform competitively, or if you’re failing to meet your targets. It’s…
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What are the benefits of promotional awards?

Present an award Staff award ceremonies are a fantastic opportunity to award staff for their commitment, dedication, hard work and service. But don’t just focus on one staff member, decide on a number of different categories (like ‘Longest Service’ or ‘Staff Excellence’, for example) and take the opportunity to show the entire team the recognition…
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