We're Hiring! Wingman are looking for a highly organised individual with previous administrative experience to join the Wingman team as a Business Support Co-Ordinator. This is a fantastic opportunity to build a career and add some real value to the business. Providing highly effective support to the Operations Manager and wider team, this [...]
New Wingman Team Member As businesses are starting to find their new ‘normal’, this is no different here at Wingman. During lockdown we were made to think outside the box when it came to delivering our courses, as we couldn’t deliver face to face. Everyone worked from home until August and now [...]
Are you aware of the ‘Drag’ in your business? Understanding the four principles that can affect the sustainable growth and inevitable success of your business In my last blog, I talked about two themes that if you fully understood and took action on, would put you firmly into the winners camp. [...]
Are You a Winner or a Loser? In Good Times or Bad, How Do Businesses Sustain Growth and Ensure Success? Even though the many conversations that I am having with business owners during the current lockdown are centred around survival and preparing for the ‘other side’, the main themes from these discussions [...]
Organisational Challenges as You Grow a Business What Can You Learn from the Current Financial Challenge? Being a start-up business and trying to grow a business is a challenge at the best of times never mind during the current situation. In the UK, in 2013, there were 346,275 new company start-ups, yet [...]
Mistakes to Avoid in a Market Downturn I read an article recently that talked about the unprecedented levels of disruption to our way of life and the impact on global markets that have been hit by investor concern as a result of the spread of Covid-19. It looks at the common errors [...]
IoD Barriers to Business Growth Lunch Having met David Waver, Chair of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Liverpool and Managing Director of McIver Scott Consultancy last year at the BITA event in Liverpool, Rory was invited to speak at the IoDs Business Lunch. As keynote speaker for the event titled ‘Barriers to [...]
How to Recruit, Retain and Motivate Conference Organised by the Sustainable Business Growth Programme at Business Lincolnshire over 75 people attended the ‘How to Recruit, Retain and Motivate Conference at Petwood Hotel in Woodhall Spa at the beginning of March. Businesses from the Lincolnshire region including construction, manufacturing, recruitment, legal and agricultural [...]
InvestSK Breakfast Meeting (Bourne) As a local business in Lincolnshire Wingman were honoured to be asked to speak at the Bourne Business Breakfast meeting where 80+ other local businesses will be in attendance. Rory spoke to the audience of local businesses how he applies the skills and experience gained from his pilot [...]
East India Club Lunch Rory was invited to make a personal appearance at the East India Club lunch and speak to guests about his rugby career. Rory played first class rugby at Leicester Tigers for 14 years as well as playing for England where he scored a record 49 tries for England [...]
