Recently, we were able to hear and see Christina Tan from CNBC interviewing Noni Purnomo, CEO from Indonesian Taxi operator Blue Bird.

Blue Bird was founded in 1965 and today it is a $1 billion company. 
As it has an agenda to be more sustainable, it has decided to take on electric vehicles including the new Tesla (model X).

Their goal is to have the support from the Government and funding organisations so that the yearly 4000 taxi replacement fleet can be made with EV (electric vehicles). 

Noni Purnomo's father Purnomo Prawiro explains why competition is nice.
"If there is no competition, there is no challenge.
If there is no challenge, we can't improve ourselves". 

Today, the company faces the competition of taxi operators like Grab or Uber.

What was interesting to hear is that when Blue Bird launched its own app in 2011 (ahead of the others), it was not picked up by the market place however with competition (Uber...), it is now the norm. 

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What will break or make your business succeed is time and priority management.
How do you rate your team? yourself?
Do they regularly procrastinate tasks which are important in the business?
Do they just focus on the easy ones?
Do they only focus on the ones they love doing or those which are urgent but not important?

Let's check what other Business people say about Time Management and let's review some other great quotes from business leaders and successful people ...

Just recently, 2 Brands doing over £1 Million were not having any proper management monthly (or even quarterly) and the business owner could not understand why some projects were slow and others not moving at all!
If there is no accountability monthly on a goal, project or task then the business will under-perform even though you may still make money today. 

Douglas Reid - Xerox Corp
"Management has the responsibility to explain to the employee how the routin...

Where do you get your ideas to grow the business?

Early last year, on Radio BBC4 was the right place to get real insight.

It was interesting to hear experts talking about the role that companies and individuals give to how we present.

The issue is that we forget 2 notions which are real contributors to the companies' strengths and future growth:

Substance and
Critical Thinking.

Do you ensure there is quality content and substance coming from your employees?
Do you promote and support the employees (and partners) to bring critical thinking when projects are discussed and when solutions are implemented?

If you answer no then you are letting your business down. 
By embedding those 2 skills (bringing and showing substance, knowing and applying critical thinking), you will reach higher results.

When we work with Clients, we see 4 direct positive outcomes:

1. The boss appreciate that it can delegate more to the Team as it brings higher results

2. The staff is highly motivated as they s...

BBC - Positive Thinking Programme

Did you hear Sangita Myska and Charles Towers Clark on BBC Radio 4?
Topic: Keeping Humans Relevant At Work

There were a few key messages to reflect. Hear the whole interview above.

Be a thinker and not just a doer especially in an economy where we will see more automation.
Do you agree?

We agree that as a Manager or CEO, guide your team and coach them. Help them become a better version of themselves and make them become a leader.

Charles Towers-Clark was also recommending to use tools such as

1. Rewarding Staff
2. Creating Transparency including salary information
3. Offering shares to the staff
4. Allowing Staff to pick up how many days of holiday they would have, where to work from and even choose their salary

He asked us to be more Human as we all need to communicate better.

Our clients have asked us the same things.
Support us in making the CEO/ Team more human and teaching, sharing and bringing more leadership skills, communication skills, negoti...

Discover Jean de la Fontaine and his fables and this one is very much linked to Fashion and how some Designers are tricked to let their assets go and receive nothing in exchange. 

The Crow and the Fox

At the top of a tree perched Master Crow;
In his beak he was holding a cheese.
Drawn by the smell, Master Fox spoke, below.
The words, more or less, were these:
"Hey, now, Sir Crow! Good day, good day!
How very handsome you do look, how grandly distingué!
No lie, if those songs you sing
Match the plumage of your wing,
You’re the phoenix of these woods, our choice."
Hearing this, the Crow was all rapture and wonder.
To show off his handsome voice,
He opened beak wide and let go of his plunder.
The Fox snapped it up and then said, "My Good Sir,
Learn that each flatterer
Lives at the cost of those who heed.
This lesson is well worth the cheese, indeed."
The Crow, ashamed and sick,
Swore, a bit late, not to fall again for that trick.

For our French speakers, please find the original version at the end.

No...

Are you looking to grow sales effectively and long term?

If you answer yes then we need to talk.
Alternatively, join our parent brand Global Fashion Management free monthly webinar (*) and we will answer all your questions.

Selling with success is about having a holistic perspective.
Do you agree?

Today, we want to emphasise 2 areas that we improve with clients like you in order to X2 or x10 your sales results:

1. Helping you identify the right buyers or sharing such knowledge with people who will refer the right buyers
2. Optimising the selling of your collection to trade buyers

As regards to #2, we work with brands and retailers every month and on many occasions, brands confess that the product only represents 15% of the sale.
What is hiding behind the balance 85%?

There are 8 key reasons for buyers not to buy. If you drill down further, you will find over 30 reasons why buyers will love your product and price and yet they will not buy your collection.

Too often, the brand or fash...

Are you looking to build your business at Wholesale (B2B)?
Are you planning to exhibit at your first Trade Show?
Do you need to improve the return on investment on the Trade Shows you currently do?

We can help.
You will gain over 25 years' international experience as LFBA Founder has represented the Magic Show, visited many shows around the world and has acted as Retail and Brand expert for international show Who's Next for many years. LFBA Founder is also the founder of Global Fashion Management who will deliver the webinar.

Access this free webinar on Trade Show and how to get the most from them.
We will share top tips and golden rules to follow.
You will have an easy solution to implement to get up to 30 orders at your first trade show.

Date: December 14th 2022 - 4pm GMT (UK)
Register below and receive the recording.

A webinar which will be short and to the point. You can contact us afterward and get support, guidance, coaching, mentoring and even help in delivering the action plan...

As you are looking to sell in the USA, you may wonder what is going to make a difference.

As we have hands-on experience, we want to share 3 words which will help you get on the ROUTE 66 to build your $1 Million business.

80%+ of people will know the words and will take them at face value and will not understand what it means very practically in the way they need to think and work.

DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO US AS WE WILL HELP YOU.

GFM/ LFBA founder had to set up a business from scratch in the USA. He also had to manage over $40M and work with all the Fashion Stakeholders.

The 3 words to keep in mind and to drive what you need to do are

Money, MOney, MONEY. 

In a practical way,

1. you'd better ask the lawyer if the conversation you are having with them is billable or not. Alternatively, you may end up with an invoice and as they may charge $200/ 400 per hour, you may have not planned that in your expenses sheet!

2. you need to understand that time is money. Accordingly, w...

Discover our new podcast platform for you to learn the business of fashion from the comfort of your mobile phone, desktop at your home or office.

ACCESS THE GFM-LFBA PODCAST.

Tell us more about the important topics you want to hear about. 
What is preventing you from moving forward?
What would help you boost sales? Have a healthier or more resilient business?

WE WANT TO CREATE THE CONTENT YOU NEED, THE CONTENT YOU WANT!

Do you need personal advice? Book your session with the Founder here.

For many years, Fashion Designers saw their product as their Number 1 asset.
Today, what do you believe is the #1 asset of a Fashion Brand?

Watch what we hear from your colleagues.

Check the video on YOU TUBE.

Thierry Bayle, founder of GFM and LFBA has more to share with you to help you monetise your Brand and Retail business.

During turbulent times, why stay alone when we can deliver more and better together.

By your side, always.
We care and we will prove it on the first call you will give us. 
Ask us precisely what you want and we will work with you.
Budget is never an issue. Why? Because you have been at the origin of why we have set up our Online Courses. We responded to your request to have the business of fashion delivered in a cost effective way that will never break the Bank.

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