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# Tools of the trade

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'What I've learned about business from the RNLI is the value of teamwork'
Tools of the Trade: David Dempsey, country leader and general manager of Salesforce Ireland, on why he never takes meetings between 12 and 2 pm
'What I've learned about business from the RNLI is the value of teamwork'
Tools of the Trade: David Dempsey, country leader and general manager of Salesforce Ireland, on why he never takes meetings between 12 and 2 pm
How athletes (and the rest of us) can deal with uncertainty
‘We’re not going to be bouncing around the way we were when we thought the championship was only weeks away, but we can recalibrate.’
'I don't really switch off, even on holidays I'm always thinking about the business'
Tools of the Trade: Squaredot founder Ian Blake talks crossfit and ‘white space’
'We can be fooled into thinking that, in a moment of pressure, we have to react instantly'
Tools of the Trade: We spoke to Social Innovation Fund Ireland boss Deirdre Mortell about cash and Dr Seuss.
'We can be fooled into thinking that, in a moment of pressure, we have to react instantly'
Tools of the Trade: We spoke to Social Innovation Fund Ireland boss Deirdre Mortell about cash and Dr Seuss.
'Our biggest struggle has been that people don't recognise how art affects life'
Tools of the Trade: Artzone’s Gillian Blaney Shorte on wake up calls and learning to lead.
'Our biggest struggle has been that people don't recognise how art affects life'
Tools of the Trade: Artzone’s Gillian Blaney Shorte on wake up calls and learning to lead.
'When I was growing up, people perceived Irish whiskey to be your grandfather's drink'
Tools of the Trade: Jack Teeling on building a global brand and why he took up running.
'When I was growing up, people perceived Irish whiskey to be your grandfather's drink'
Tools of the Trade: Jack Teeling on building a global brand and why he took up running.
'Learn to live on very little, be a good listener and ask questions'
Tools of the Trade: Coco Content’s Stuart Switzer talks hockey, championing productions and jargon.
'I don't let the tyranny of the urgent overwhelm the priority of the important'
Tom Murphy, the founder of Pamex, talks shaving oil and why he wants to be on The Late Late Show.
'I don't let the tyranny of the urgent overwhelm the priority of the important'
Tom Murphy, the founder of Pamex, talks shaving oil and why he wants to be on The Late Late Show.
'I'm not a micromanager. I trust people to be able to do what they're supposed to do'
Eppione CEO David Kindlon talks Glengarry Glen Ross and walking his dog.
'People are fallible and it's important to generate a culture where they can understand that'
PhoneWatch boss Eoin Dunne talks level-headedness and a post-recession shock to the system.
'Success can be a handshake with someone, it doesn't have to be profits'
Tools of the Trade: Stephen O’Reilly of GROWN clothing, on balancing business and life as a full-time firefighter
'Success can be a handshake with someone, it doesn't have to be profits'
Tools of the Trade: Stephen O’Reilly of GROWN clothing, on balancing business and life as a full-time firefighter
'You have to make risk your friend, it's a lifelong relationship'
Tools of the Trade: Votechnik CEO Lisa O’Donoghue talks quantum theory and journaling.
'There is no free lunch, there is no reward where there is no risk'
Tools of the Trade: Mazars’ Mark Kennedy talks the piano, publishing and learning to manage risk.
'There is no free lunch, there is no reward where there is no risk'
Tools of the Trade: Mazars’ Mark Kennedy talks the piano, publishing and learning to manage risk.
Shoe Dog, Bad Blood and Lord of the Flies: 2019's best business book recommendations
Tools of the trade: The best business books recommended by leading Irish business people in 2019.
Shoe Dog, Bad Blood and Lord of the Flies: 2019's best business book recommendations
Tools of the trade: The best business books recommended by leading Irish business people in 2019.
Parenthood, losing money and falling from the top: Turning points in the lives of business leaders
Tools of the trade: The moments that changed the lives of Irish business leaders.
Parenthood, losing money and falling from the top: Turning points in the lives of business leaders
Tools of the trade: The moments that changed the lives of Irish business leaders.
'We often say in this business that feedback is the breakfast of champions'
Tools of the Trade: Entrepreneur and radio host Karl Fitzpatrick on vision and motor shows.
'We often say in this business that feedback is the breakfast of champions'
Tools of the Trade: Entrepreneur and radio host Karl Fitzpatrick on vision and motor shows.
'Be sensitive to changes and nudge things along, rather than try to force them'
Tools of the trade: The Apple Farm’s Con Traas talks being overly cautious and pruning 40,000 trees.
'Be sensitive to changes and nudge things along, rather than try to force them'
Tools of the trade: The Apple Farm’s Con Traas talks being overly cautious and pruning 40,000 trees.
'As a business owner you have to be open to risk, otherwise you're not in the right job'
Tools of the trade: Tandem MD Tim Mulhall talks work culture and risk management.
'As a business owner you have to be open to risk, otherwise you're not in the right job'
Tools of the trade: Tandem MD Tim Mulhall talks work culture and risk management.
'You have to get back on the horse every time you fall off'
Tools of the trade: N-PRO’s CEO Mark Ganly talks raising money and turning a passion into a career.
'You have to get back on the horse every time you fall off'
Tools of the trade: N-PRO’s CEO Mark Ganly talks raising money and turning a passion into a career.
'We were completely self-sufficient - my father was a huntsman'
Tools of the trade: Burren Smokehouse co-founder Birgitta Hedin-Curtin talks fish smoking as art.
'We were completely self-sufficient - my father was a huntsman'
Tools of the trade: Burren Smokehouse co-founder Birgitta Hedin-Curtin talks fish smoking as art.
'You can train skill sets, but you can't drive ambition into people if they don't have it'
Tools of the trade: Legacy and PepTalk founder Bernard Brogan talks ambition on and off the pitch.
'You can train skill sets, but you can't drive ambition into people if they don't have it'
Tools of the trade: Legacy and PepTalk founder Bernard Brogan talks ambition on and off the pitch.
'I remember when the last crash came, people said 'don't waste a good recession'''
Tools of the Trade: Co-founder of VOYA skincare, Mark Walton, talks recession and fly-fishing.
'I remember when the last crash came, people said 'don't waste a good recession'''
Tools of the Trade: Co-founder of VOYA skincare, Mark Walton, talks recession and fly-fishing.
'I went from the top to, relatively speaking, very near the bottom'
Tools of the Trade: Gym chain founder Ben Dunne talks stress, re-grouping and his brain.
'I went from the top to, relatively speaking, very near the bottom'
Tools of the Trade: Gym chain founder Ben Dunne talks stress, re-grouping and his brain.