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Thursday 24th November 2011 The New York Times. Snoopy floated down Central Park West on Thursday during the 85th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan. (Photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times). Happy Thanksgiving to our fellow American colleagues! We at LCP are very partial to Beagles... and love snoopy in NY! Tuesday 22nd November 2011 Our discerning clients Essentially Me have released their 2012 Perfume Making workshop dates! Essentially Me make gorgeous fragrances and perfume gifts, natural perfumery supplies, perfumery courses and bespoke perfumes! You may have seen the Director of this company on The Victorian Pharmacy on BBC or perhaps in the pages of OK! Magazine when they made the bespoke perfume for the celebrity wedding of Angelica Bell to Michael Underwood. We at LCP, in Cirencester have worked closely with the team who benefited from the Leadership and Management funding we have available.

Saturday 19th November 2011 We at LCP had the absolute pleasure of meeting English Artist Mark Demsteader this weekend! Our wonderful clients Contemporary Art Holdings had a q + a with him at their Cirencester Gallery - Wetpaint Gallery. The exhibition is running and featuring Demsteader's work of Emma Watson. As part of her 21st birthday this past April, the Harry Potter star participated in a collaboration with Demsteader, who created 34 pieces! We thought we'd share two! 26th October 2011 Via The Wall Street Journal Your parents were much better off than you are at the same age, according to this report by the Pew Research Center that shows that over the past quarter century households head by older adults have grown far richer faster than their counterparts at the same age. From the Pew Report: In 2009, households headed by adults ages 65 and older possessed 42% more median net worth (assets minus debt) than households headed by their same-aged counterparts had in 1984. During this same period, the wealth of households headed by younger adults moved in the opposite direction. In 2009, households headed by adults younger than 35 had 68% less wealth than households of their same-aged counterparts had in 1984. read the rest of this article http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/11/07/your-parents-were-richer-than- you-are/?mod=wsj_share_facebook

20th October 2011 'Performance acceleration' is key to business growth Hundreds of millions of pounds is spent each year by organisations on areas such as change management, talent management, recruitment and leadership development. But rather than allocating budgets in a piece-meal way, the most successful and dynamic businesses are now looking for a more holistic approach, rather than spending on different components such as change management or leadership development, organisations now talk about the importance of performance acceleration with speed and a clear return on investment being their most urgent requirements. The Leading Change Partnership are experts in developing and implementing 'Performance Acceleration' and the programme is funded for SME's 18th October 2011 Five business tips on making social media work 1. The most important thing to remember when creating a social platform is to always redirect customers to your original site,” says Nicole Coughlin-Smith. “It is imperative to link your customers viewing the information to the main business website to maximise potential conversions.” 2. Rather than trying to take on too much at once, limit your social media marketing to a few platforms and focus on those. Have rigid processes in place to ensure regular outbound communication. 3. Use social networking sites to interact with customers, before, during or after a sale. This is the chance to communicate with your customers like never before. 4. Twitter can be used very effectively by businesses as it enables short 140 character news updates and information bulletins. 5. Facebook recently changed its fan page arrangement to give businesses more functionality on the site. Businesses no longer have to link their profile back to a personal profile. It's also easier to track traffic, control posts and customise settings.

13th October 2011 The Leading Change throughly enjoyed the delicious and funny Joanna Lumley at Cheltenham Literature Festival! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2048096/Joanna-Lumley-persuaded-New-Avengers- producers-change-characters-Purdey.html 13th October 2011 Twitter is a social network and source of real time information used by millions of people. Did you know that Twitter can also be used to win business and to communicate with clients? The Leading Chnge Partnership, Buiness Consultants in Cirencester use a 7 step plan to achieve this. 5. Facebook recently changed its fan page arrangement to give businesses more functionality on the site. Businesses no longer have to link their profile back to a personal profile. It's also easier to track traffic, control posts and customise settings.

September 2011 The Leading Change Partnership, Business Consultants in Cirencester have been very busy talking with new clients about Leadership and Management funding. Our programme is a four point process to making your business the best it can be. September 2011 A great philosopher once said (or perhaps it was Kylie, now I think about it), “Better the devil you know, than the devil you don’t”. Whoever, to my mind, it was the winning principle behind the classic, customer loyalty and client retention is imperative... Theodore Levitts model of The Total Product stands The Leading Change Partnership team in good stead! #clientretention, #levitt

Friday 25th November 2011 We would like to wish Paul Spenley, Director at The Leading Change Partnership, Business Management Consultants, Cirencester a huge Happy Birthday!! He just sent us a piccie from his hotel room on Watergate Bay!! How jealous are we!! Friday 25th November 2011 Today we are recommending our Chairman's book Managing Change by prolific author Robert Heller. Robert Heller has been Chairman at The Leading Change Partnership, Business Consultants in Cirencester for over 15 years. His extensive background.... editor of weekly journal Management Today, prior to Robert wrote in for the city pages at The Observer.