Last week the Wall Street Journal published an article on the costs of starting a business. Citing Babson College, who have made a study of the costs of start ups who has estimated that on average …

This week is the first anniversary of The Big Red Tomato Company Blog. It’s the anniversary of when The Big Red Tomato Company static website and The Better Leader Blog came together here at www.bigredtomatocompany.co.uk.
A …

This is a response to a challenge set on Problogger.net. The idea of the challenge is to publish a post that is a list of 7 links to posts that you and others have …

Next week, 20th July, see’s the 41st Anniversary of the Apollo 11.  The Moon landings see the achievements of President Kennedy’s 1961 dream:
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, …

Post with a difference this one. As I’m asking your help to write it.
Summer is coming and many people will be thinking of going on thier summer holiday.
Summer is the time when most people read …

Happy Independence Day to all our readers in the US. I hope that whatever you’re up to you’re having a fantastic time with friends or family.
As a UK based blog and business it’s exciting to …

Are you on Twitter? If you are you’ll be familiar with ‘Follow Friday’ where the Twitterarit share cool people worth following with the rest of us. In keeping with Follow Friday, we feature, on a …

When people first visit your Facebook page they are shown your wall. Depending on the posts that you have on your site visitors will either ‘Like’ your page or move on.
If you could control the …

Imagine if you could get big results quickly. Well soon you’ll be able to:
Tomorrow, 21st June 2010 see’s the 2nd Pre-Launch of our workbook – How to Achieve Your Dreams The Tomato Way.
It’s a complete …

Where ever you are in the world, 20th June celebrates Father’s Day, the celebration of fatherhood in 55 countries. Father’s Day this year, for me, will be very special if our baby (due on 19th …

Tonight, the mighty England team, led by stand in captain Steven Gerrard, will commence their quest to win the World cup in South Africa.
Every 4 years the nation goes football mad in support of the …

If you’re visiting here from my guest post on theinfopreneur.net welcome. Please feel free to look around, I’m sure you’ll find some great articles  which will help you grow your business. …

Has personal outsourcing gone to far? As workers move to transfer their work to low cost countries. The Big Red Tomato Company asks if this has gone to far?

What do you think?

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Each year, at this time of the year, many people take time out to review what they’ve achieved this past year and look at setting goals for the following year.
The point of setting goals though, …

It’s getting to that time of year when our thoughts turn to the holiday season and what gifts to buy.
Often the most fun and (useful) gifts are ’stocking stuffers/fillers’ particularly those related to business.
I thought …

This month I’m trying something new. I’m going to look back at what’s happened with The Big Red Tomato Company site in the previous month. If you’ve missed some articles, you can catch up …

The first step in gaining control of your finances is to set up a simple system for controlling your spending and identifying where the money goes. Robert Allen author of Multiple Streams of Income …

As some of you know I’ve rode for more years than I can remember and I’m paid to do so, which makes me an athlete.
Being good at anything, from sport to business takes talent, but, …

Welcome to our new look, new home. Our new website brings together our popular blog www.thebetterleader.blogspot.com and our ‘corporate’ site. The purpose of bringing the two together is to share with clients, old and new, …

This video is great. When you see it you’ll think, why don’t I do that?

The Big Red Tomato Company Blog has now been featured in Alltop in both the Leadership and Small Business listings.
Alltop listings are a collection of all the best Blogs on a particular subject.
The …

The Betterleader is the blog of The Big Red Tomato Company , however the sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed that these are two separate sites. In fact, there’s no link between The …

Being a leader is hard. Managing expectations, managing deliverables and ensuring everyone is pulling in the same direction. Sometimes it feels like herding cats!

Here’s a story about how working together is not always enough to reach objectives. Sometimes, you have to rely on outside help or partners to achieve your objectives.
Here’s what happened when two squirels on the …

1. Assess Employees Better
In good times it’s easier for employees to look like stars, so appraisals tend to become less rigourous. In tough times it’s much easier to distinguish the true stars from the also …

There are books out on that subject, classes that are headed by someone who can show you an easy way to get rich, rich people willing to drop advice on how to get rich, and …

When you enter a room you want people to look your way and feel something special. Many people will have heard of someone having a great presence. It is all about attitude. The way you …

Talking of Tom Peters, and I’m a big fan, here’s another clip, which is about doing things. Without doing things we can’t progress. Without progress we die.

Here’s a message from Tom Peters on “if not excellence, what?” Hope you enjoy….
Tom Peters 3 Minute Clip