Magazine - Consultancy (Page 2)

What do you expect?
14 Aug 2011 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Leadership trainer and conference speaker, Frank Newberry, considers how good leaders understand how the ‘power of expectation’ can be used to influence outcomes, particularly the performance of others. Frank also challenges us to raise our expectations of ourselves and of other people

A serious tree disease - SOD's law!
1 Aug 2011 - Consultancy - Alistair R McCracken - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Alistair R. McCracken, of the Applied Plant Science and Biometrics Division, Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute, looks at Sudden Oak Death and its spread through the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Good water gone bad
29 Jul 2011 - Consultancy - Peter Roberts - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011 - 1 comment
What makes a ‘good’ lake or pond go ‘bad’? Peter Roberts of Ringwood, Hampshire based water specialists Hydroscape Ltd., provides the answers and solutions

The advantages of diversity in turfgrass stands
11 Jul 2011 - Consultancy - Dr Leah A. Brillman - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Dr. Leah A. Brilman, Director of Research and Technical Services at Seed Research of Oregon, suggests that looking to the near continent may benefit UK turfgrass managers

Getting to the root of the problem!
23 Jun 2011 - Consultancy - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Andy Turnbull, Managing Director of the Great Turf Company, discusses the benefits of undertaking a rootzone survey

For FOCs Sake!
19 Jun 2011 - Consultancy - Richard Comely - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Richard Comely, Director of Product Management at Ransomes Jacobsen, looks at Frequency of Cut (FOC) and its importance to the quality of cut on fine turf

Bee Healthy, but Bee Wise...
16 Jun 2011 - Consultancy - Dr Julian Little - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011 - 1 comment
Dr Julian Little, Communications & Government Affairs Manager for Bayer CropScience Limited, discusses the reasons behind the decline in honey bees, rather than the speculative assumptions of the popular press

Seeding is believing
3 Jun 2011 - Consultancy - Simon Taylor - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Is it possible to establish a hard wearing sports pitch in just ten weeks from seed? With the right conditions and the right materials, Simon Taylor of Euro Grass, one of Europe’s leading turf grass breeders, certainly believes so

Be more selfish!
28 May 2011 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
After more than forty years doing voluntary work in the UK and abroad, performance consultant and conference speaker, Frank Newberry, has examined his motives and concluded that he has personally benefitted most from any ‘good works’. Frank also challenges us all to ‘be more selfish’ and do more voluntary work

Identifying potentially invasive plants
20 May 2011 - Consultancy - Alan Spedding - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Alan Spedding of the Amenity Forum outlines a new rapid risk assessment system that has been used to roughly classify nearly two thousand non-native plant species

It's a snip!
18 May 2011 - Consultancy - Dr Mark Hampton MIEEM - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Dr Mark Hampton of Peak Ecology, explains how the native crayfish population is being decimated by aliens, and how you can help

Grass Identification - what have we got here?
29 Apr 2011 - Consultancy - John Handley - Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011
ALS botanist, John Handley, says that, with some experience, it is possible to look at a sports surface and make an accurate judgement as to the proportion of different species present. However, as with all skills, this only comes with practice and, in the intervening time, we have to start somewhere.

Planning for profit
22 Apr 2011 - Consultancy - Pete Harris - Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011
Pete Harris works on projects across the UK and is an arboricultural and ecological planning consultant with Landscape Planning Ltd. Here he discusses Planning For Profit - ecology, trees, woodlands and landscape design

The Reaper of Doom
16 Apr 2011 - Consultancy - Richard Murray - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
When the Reaper of Doom comes calling, can we still learn? Richard Murray of RWT Real World thinks so

Power for the people?
14 Apr 2011 - Consultancy - Iain Macpherson - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Evergreen’s Iain Macpherson suggests that not only can renewable energy save you money, it can also add to the coffers

Topdressing? You need rootzone analysis.
7 Apr 2011 - Consultancy - John Farrell - Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011 - 2 comments
Selecting the correct topdressing is one of the most important decisions in turfgrass management. To make that decision, you must first look closely at the rootzone.

Top tips for interviewers - Part II
26 Mar 2011 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011 - 6 comments
In Part II, Frank Newberry looks at how to interview for evidence and how to probe for the truth in those reassuring but dodgy candidate responses

What lies beneath?
12 Mar 2011 - Consultancy - Phil Sharples - Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011
Phil Sharples says that visual identification of nutrient deficiency will enable you to make informed decisions

A secure workplace?
10 Mar 2011 - Consultancy - Craig Henderson - Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011
Assets are vital for companies to function to their maximum. The loss of an asset reduces the ability for companies to achieve this potential, says Craig Henderson