Darren A. Smith

Making Business Matter (MBM)

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World’s Stickiest Learning: We are the soft skills training provider, partnering with clients that are frustrated by their people returning from training courses and then doing nothing differently. Our clients choose us because we achieve behavioural change through our unique training method, sticky learning ®.

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Darren A. Smith

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Business

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Apr 24, 2025

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The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan – Geoff Burch Part 4 22.06.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #20: Part 4 of The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan by Geoff Burch - Part #4. What would you do to improve your performance? Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Really glad to see you again. We're just waiting for the last few people to come into the ro...

The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan – Geoff Burch Part 3 22.06.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #19: Part 3 of The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan by Geoff Burch - Part #3. Did I achieve my chosen goal for this visit? Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Good afternoon, day three of this four stage cunning sales plan with myself and the fantabulou...

The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan – Geoff Burch Part 2 22.06.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #18: Part 2 of The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan by Geoff Burch - Part #2. What am I learning about this person, this Company, and this situation? Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Good afternoon. Welcome to Sticky Learning Lunches with myself, Nat...

The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan – Geoff Burch Part 1 22.06.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #17: Part 1 of The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan The Cunning 4 Stage Sales Plan by Geoff Burch - Part #1. Did I achieve my chosen goal for this visit? Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Welcome to Monday. This is Sticky Learning Lunches. Myself, Nathan Simmons, and I'm also Dueti...

Create Your Personal Development Plan Part 5 22.06.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #16: Create Your Own Personal Development Plan Understand the 5 simple steps to create your personal development plan in Part 5 of this PDP series. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Brilliant. It is Friday. We are just waiting for people arriving. Welcome everybody. It's good to see. A couple of new faces. No, we've got some regulars in there, which i...

Personal Development Plan Not Sure What to Start Part 4 22.06.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #15: Create Your Own Personal Development Plan Understand the 5 simple steps to create your personal development plan in Part 4 of this PDP series. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Amazing. Good afternoon people. Yes, I'm excited. We're on Thursday. We've got people arriving 30 seconds to make sure we're getting set up for success today. Gina, thank...

Personal Development Plan Not Sure How to Start? Part 3 22.06.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #14: Create Your Own Personal Development Plan Understand the 5 simple steps to create your personal development plan part 3 of this PDP series. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Rah, right. We are in getting carried away with a deep conversation looked up and it's one o'clock. Good afternoon everybody. So good to see the people here. Oh, fantastic. S...

The Bid for Morrison’s Supermarket 21.06.2021

Grocery Guru Episode #33: The Bid For Morrison's Supermarket Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the thirty-third episode of the Grocery Guru. They discuss the bid from United States private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, of which Terry Leahy is a Board Member, to buy Morrison's Supermarkets. But will Amazon now make a bid too? So here's today topic, Bid for Morrison's Supermarket. You...

Preliminary GSCOP Survey Results 15.06.2021

Grocery Guru Episode #32: Preliminary GSCOP Survey Results & Sainsbury's Range Reset Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the thirty-second episode of the Grocery Guru. They discuss the preliminary results of the latest GSCOP supplier survey, whilst the announcement of the Groceries Code Adjudicator's concern about Sainsbury's range reset and how they are dealing with their suppliers. You Can...

How to Improve Your Communication Skills (HBDI) 15.06.2021

Weekly Training Booster #3: Improve Your Communication Skills Join Andy Palmer and Darren A. Smith in the third episode of the Weekly Training Booster. This episode is about how to improve your communication skills using HBDI. Know someone that you just can't seem to communicate with effectively? I bet you are speaking a different 'language'. You Can Read the How to Improve Your Communication Skil...

Request for Supermarket Cost Price Increase 04.06.2021

Grocery Guru Ep #31: Supermarket Cost Price Increase Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the thirty-first episode of the Grocery Guru. They discuss increasing costs for suppliers. From diesel to cargo costs, to minimum wage labour. Whilst the supermarkets slug it out in a potential price war. And, all of this whilst everyone in the supply chain tries to recover Covid costs. You Can View the F...

Improve Your Time Management Skills 04.06.2021

Weekly Training Booster #2: Improve Your Time Management Skills Join Andy Palmer and Darren A. Smith in the second episode of the Weekly Training Booster. This episode was about how to improve your time management skills with frogs, badgers, and woolly mammoths. Plus, the 7 hurdles of time management. You Can Read the How to Improve Your Time Management Skills Episode Transcript Below: Andy: Good...

How to Improve Your Negotiation Skills 02.06.2021

Weekly Training Booster Ep#1: Improve Your Negotiation Skills Join Andy Palmer and Darren A. Smith in the first episode of the Weekly Training Booster. This episode is about how to improve your negotiation skills with better preparation. Darren and Andy discuss using the squaredance, being more ambitious, and knowing that there are 8 methods of resolving conflict. You Can Read the How to Improve Y...

Rapid Groceries | 10-minute Window Deliveries 01.06.2021

Grocery Guru Episode #30: The Rise of Rapid Groceries Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the thirtieth episode of the Grocery Guru. They discuss Rapid Groceries - The Rise of 10-minute Window Deliveries by 8 Start-Ups. Plus, the moves by Tesco and Sainsbury's with 'Whoosh' and 'Chop-Chop', to compete. You Can Read the Rapid Groceries Episode Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Hello, and welc...

The Demise of Tesco Metro and Tesco Jack’s Format 25.05.2021

Grocery Guru Ep #29: Tesco Metro's Demise and Fewer Formats for Tesco Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the twenty-ninth episode about the demise of Tesco Metro, what is happening to the Tesco Jack's format, and maybe the start of Tesco managing fewer formats. You Can Read the Demise of Tesco Metro Episode Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Hello, and welcome to episode 29 of the Grocery Gu...

Create Your Personal Development Plan Part 2 13.05.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #13: Create Your Own Personal Development Plan Understand the 5 simple steps to create your personal development plan in Part 2 of this PDP series. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Amazing, right? We are just giving it a couple more minutes or minutes for the people to carry on arriving. People are still entering the room, which is good. Hope everyon...

Create Your Personal Development Plan Part 1 13.05.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #12: Create Your Own Personal Development Plan Understand the 5 simple steps to create your personal development plan in this next episode of the Sticky Learning Lunch. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds: Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to today's Sticky Learning Lunch. We're just waiting for the last few people to arrive. Some good, good numbers of ea...

Frustrated Because You Need to Coach Your People Part 4 13.05.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #11: Use Our G.R.O.W Model to Coach Your People with 'Way Forward' Learn How to Coach Your People with the 4 Steps of the G.R.O.W. Model - Part #4: Way Forward. Coach your people with Way Forward- Step 4. Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. This is a Virtual Classroom of 20-minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A. You Can Read the Full...

You Need to Coach Your People Part 2 13.05.2021

Use Our G.R.O.W Model to Coach Your People with Options Today's topic, You Need to Coach Your People Part 2. Learn How to Coach Your People with the 4 Steps of the G.R.O.W. Model - Part #2: Reality. Coach your people with Options - Step 3. Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. This is a Virtual Classroom of 20-minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A. You Can Rea...

Morrisons Q1 Trading Statement 2021 13.05.2021

Grocery Guru Episode #28: Morrison's Q1 Trading Statement and Their Wholesale Performance Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the twenty-eighth episode about Morrisons Q1 trading statement for 2021 (14 weeks to 9 May 2021) - 'On track for strong future profit growth and low debt'. Their partnership with Amazon, predicting the new working patterns, and strong wholesale performance. You Can Rea...

You Need to Coach Your People – Part 2 Reality 12.05.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #9: Use Our G.R.O.W Model to Coach Your People with 'Reality' Learn How to Coach Your People with the 4 Steps of the G.R.O.W. Model - Part #2: Reality Coach your people with Reality - Step 2. Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. This is a Virtual Classroom of 20-minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A. You Can Read the Full Transcript Be...

You Need to Coach Your People – Part 1 Goal 12.05.2021

Sticky Learning Lunch #8: Use Our G.R.O.W Model to Coach Your People with 'Goal' Learn how to coach your people with the 4 steps of the G.R.O.W. Model - Part #1: 'Goal'. Coach your people with Goal - Step 1. Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. This is a Virtual Classroom of 20-minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nat...

T: Tech Limitations in Remote Work 12.05.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #7: Get the Right Tech You Need When Working From Home For You and Your Productivity Identify the tech you need when working from home and how to make it work, so that you can be more productive. Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. This is a Virtual Classroom of 20-minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A. You Can Read the Full Transcrip...

E: Know How People Feel When They Work From Home 12.05.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #6: Get to Know Your Employees and How People Feel Whilst Working Remotely Use these two simple methods to find out how people feel because happy employees are productive employees. Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. This is a Virtual Classroom of 20-minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Natha...

S: Working From the Kitchen and the Sofa Will Drive You Nuts 12.05.2021

Sticky Learning Lunches #5: Finding Your Own Space and Stop Working From the Kitchen Table Find out what space you need to create when you work from home, to avoid working from the kitchen table. Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. This is a Virtual Classroom of 20-minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A. You Can Read the Full Transcript Below: Nathan Simmonds...

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