Down To Business

All good managers and leaders are concerned about productivity on their teams but what happens when managers begin to worry that their staff aren’t doing enough?

In his updated edition of 'The Creative Thinking Handbook: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Problem Solving in Business', Chris Griffiths offers advice on “productivity paranoia”- a new phenomenon in our post-pandemic world, and how that may be affecting your next big breakthrough.

Chris joins Bobby to discuss.

Chris Griffiths is the founder of www.Ayoa.com, the leading mind-mapping app transforming the way we work and learn.

Christmas preparations are likely well underway with hams and turkeys being ordered, bottles of wine being stocked, and prezzies being bought.

It’s a time of bounty, and here in Ireland, we have an incredible array of products made by homegrown talent to choose from.

To find out a little bit more about some of the kinds of food producers we have at our disposal here Bobby is joined by:

● Sarah Kiely of Sadie’s Kitchen

● Giselle Makinde of Cream of the Crop

● Aisling Cullen of Thanks Plants

● James Burke is Network Manager of the Dublin Food Chain

Ciaran Hancock is the business editor at the Irish Times and this week alone he was interviewing the Taoiseach-elect as well as reporting on everything from Easons to Hotels. He took a break from his hectic beat to bring Bobby some of the stories of the week.

Bobby stopped into Dogs Trust: Dog Rescue & Rehoming Charity on Ashbourne Road in Finglas to discuss how their rehoming and rescue operations work, welcoming dogs into the workplace, and just how fulfilling having a dog in our lives can be.

When it comes to managing your finances as a business owner at a time of massive inflation and shrinking growth levels - things are certainly challenging.

But there are options out there for you.

Derek McDermott, Managing Director of Bank of Ireland Finance is an expert in assessing and understanding the challenges facing hundreds if not thousands of people around the county right now - he joins Bobby to discuss.

Economist and weekly columnist on economics with the Irish edition of The Sunday Times, Cormac Lucey joined Bobby on the show today to discuss Ireland’s economic prospects for 2023.

Today on the show Bobby talked to the winners of this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

Alexandre Mars author of a book Mission Possible. How to build a business for our times, has just been published. He joined Bobby on the show today.

Mary Sadlier-CEO of Coole Swan had joined Bobby for this week's Executive Chair.

With a tourism industry highly impacted by covid restrictions it seems like we now see a better days for hospitality sector in Ireland. Will our hotels suffer another blow from rising costs of living and energy crisis?

To ask this Bobby was joined by Carol Barrett, owner of Dunmore House on the shores of Clonakilty Bay, John O'Flynn, Resort General Manager at Fota Island Resort, Fergus O'Halloran, General Manager at The Twelve Hotel Galway and Martin Mangan, General Manager at Carton House, a Fairmont Managed Hotel.