Making a Difference is about getting the job done.  It’s about achieving the desired result when those around you have either lost their way or are simply unable to deliver on their own.

Harley Lovegrove is a business man and an interim manager with over 25 years of experience.  In his book 'Making a Difference' he shares his proven nine-step approach to problem solving and effective management. He shows how to tackle all kinds of challenges, even those that seem impossible or too risky to take on, what's more he shares with the reader all kinds of useful tips and tricks on how to be really effective in and around the workplace.  In short - how to Make a Difference!

Everyone at some time or other is confronted with a complex problem to which there seems to be no apparent solution. Whether it is in our private life or in our professional career, some problems always seem to re-occur, no matter how hard we try to solve them.

Over the years I have earned a reputation for being someone that gets things done, for tackling the difficult and for motivating those around me not to give up until we achieve what we set out to do, no matter how bad the situation.

For me, the trick in life has been to learn how to identify the difference between the symptoms of a problem and its root cause. 

For example, last week I went down with a heavy cold, and if you had asked me what the matter was, I would have told you that I felt awful, that I had a headache, that my eyes were running and that I could not concentrate and that my client needed me in the office to prepare for an important meeting.   But although what I was experiencing was unpleasant they were only symptoms, my real problem was that my body was under attack from a nasty virus and that to solve it, all I needed to do was to eat plenty of fruit and to rest to give my body the resources it needed to allow nature to take its course. And sure enough after three days all my symptoms went away all by themselves.  And so it is with problems, the only thing is that in business our problems are usually far more complex than a common cold.  Their causes can be several; combining together to bring about what often appears to be a hopeless situation. 

In my book ‘Making a Difference’ I suggest a nine step approach to solving complex problems.  In addition I give practical advice, tips and tricks on a whole variety of issues from recruitment and motivation, to project management and dealing with resistance.  But through it all I back up my theories with real life stories and examples.

Since Making a Difference was published, many readers have written to me saying how much it has helped them in their career. – and so indeed, I hope that you will find something important in it for you too. 

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Thank you for listening and remember, business should also be about having fun and not only hard work and stress, enjoy my book.

Harley Lovegrove