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Developing Business Excellence Limited

Name: Developing Business Excellence Limited
Address: York, GB
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Enabling discerning business leaders and individual learners to achieve their growth potential in a safe, non-judgemental, and good-humoured environment

I enlisted in to the infantry as a private soldier, was commissioned as an officer within three years, and served more than 35 years in the m

After being medically discharged with a degenerative , I established Developing Business Excellence Limited® to pursue my passion for supporting 'good people'

We are a York based delivering bespoke in person and virtual learning solutions to discerning business leaders and individual learners. We work exclusively with those who share our values of , , , , and

Our clients accept constructive feedback in a safe, non-judgemental, and good-humoured environment. Unlimited free ‘Discovery Calls’ available on request, saving you money and time. If you don’t like what you see, hear, and read about us, don’t waste your money working with us

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20/08/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗠𝘂𝗺 🤪

I regularly read about how the constantly changing are negatively impacting of the reach of our , so I thought I'd send this photograph to my active (s)!

For owners like myself, life can be lonely on occasion, and there's quite a high on being able to effectively on line, particularly with . Over the years I've tried to keep abreast of technological advancements, although it comes at a price 💷

The two issues that I've not yet mastered are; the propensity of multiple applications to update themselves without warning, and me being an IT Muppet 🫢

𝘼𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙈𝙪𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙙𝙮(𝙞𝙨𝙝) 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙠

16/07/2026

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

No criticism is made of either the organisers of this virtual event or its attendees, whose identities I've clumsily tried to hide.

For those of us who are still nervous about and the need for us to overcome the pressure to deliver the perfect , the technological challenges of speaking to camera, unmuting when its our time to speak, and guaranteeing an uninterrupted , every event can be a 🤯

No matter what we say, what we look like, or how we speak, we each have two opportunities to make a lasting :

1️⃣ 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱. Select a background that best reflects what we do.

2️⃣ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁. Not everyone saves the but for those that do, and remember that the default save is in 'txt' and does not show all formatting, use the opportunity to briefly reiterate your offer and

Aside from my ridiculous haircut and bad dress sense, what lessons can you identify from this simple screenshot? 🤔

Developing Business Excellence Limited

29/06/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

Many of us don't like , and move through life relying heavily on , never daring to ask for an objective opinion from anyone other than our best mate, Dave 🤪

When we are given feedback, many of us (particularly ), only ever hear the worst: "𝙈𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄'𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜" 🤯

To receive objective feedback is a . It enables us to learn from experience and .

Some of the issues that discourages us from asking for feedback:

1️⃣ Fear of

2️⃣ Dislike of being judged by others

3️⃣ Lack of incentive to improve our

05/05/2026

recently published a post on that, aside from asserting that "true leadership isn't about being in charge; it’s about taking care of those in your charge", it also promoted a book sale.

In response, I cautiously wrote:

"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 ✔️, but does it take a book from to remind us 🫣

I'd respectfully suggest that those people thinking about what their might look like probably lack the , and to ever put others first.

In my opinion, such qualities come from the ❤️ and are freely given without thought of , or potential legacy.

I strongly concur that our in life has nothing to do with how wealthy, powerful, well decorated, or senior we once were, and everything to do with the positive impact we made upon the lives of those people we were privileged to lead".

What do you think? 🤔

18/09/2025

𝗔𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 😢

In my experience as , , and , the key to giving is to gain 'permission' from the recipient in advance.

I failed recently, and no matter how well-intended my feedback, the recipient removed me as a 😞

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻.

1️⃣ Not everyone necessarily wants to . Many people are comfortable with the

2️⃣ I need to be more careful about both who and how I share constructive feedback with

3️⃣ I should continue to view everything I do as a

It saddens me that anyone should chose to from me, particularly if they've scanned my profile, but I am unwilling to compromise my desire to drive

Richard Gadd

14/08/2025

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛?"🤔

For me, it's certainly not influenced by , , number of operational tours, or any other tangibles.

I'm also going to assume that we must disregard any personal triumphs, such as , , overcoming a serious , etc 🤪

Other than once unexpectedly coming second in a school cross-country run, and coming third in a school diving competition, mine are all about how I made other people feel:

1️⃣ Surrendering my free flight over to the winner of best shot to incentivise my

2️⃣ Supporting the Ministry of Public Health reconstruction and

3️⃣ Enabling a to gain promotion against the odds

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23/07/2025

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳

Charged with the and of a national meeting, I casually asked the meeting for support.

When none was forthcoming, a junior member of staff volunteered. With the approval of their , we set off early one morning for a long drive to meet the site manager.

During the site meeting, the junior member of staff not only made invaluable contributions when invited, but produced a small box of to thank our host 🥹

I made certain that they received a bonus and were promoted soon after. We remain friends 😊

Never underestimate the potential of others to impress

Developing Business Excellence Limited®

16/06/2025

𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼?

Recent clients have included a university, a small business leader, a city council, , and individual learners. Last week one wrote, "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 . 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘐’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥"

As a 'general rule of thumb' I work best when using my ❤️ as much my 🤯. The potential for enduring professional matters to me, and I tend to work less well with 'Alphas', , , , and those demonstrating a

I enable discerning and individual learners to achieve their growth potential in a safe, non-judgemental, and good-humoured environment

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03/06/2025

Never once, when I was growing up, did I ever aspire to become the Founder and Executive Director of a York based micro business. I just wanted to be in the Army

I twice failed officer selection and lacked the grades to go the university, so I joined as a private soldier. No matter, I maintained a burning desire to learn from experience and better myself

I was commissioned at a young age and privileged to have the responsibility for managing and leading others, quite possibly my only enduring strength

I was diagnosed with a in 1995 and transferred to the Defence Medical Services, where I took the opportunity to gain an education. I was medically discharged in 2018 and founded my business

On reflection, I’ve learned the following:

1️⃣ Having ambition is great, but plan for the unexpected
2️⃣ Respectfully challenging the and daring to are highly commendable traits, but may lead to loneliness, ill health, and personal risk
3️⃣ It is regrettably ‘normal’ to experience in our lives at some point, be it relationships, leadership, or a work culture
4️⃣ It’s not necessarily what grade we achieve, how powerful, or wealthy we become in life that matters, but the people whose lives we positively impact along the way
5️⃣ Our personal values provide us with the handrail to navigate life’s challenges
6️⃣ We are all unique and have our own strengths and developmental needs. Stop comparing yourself unfavourably to others and aspire to be the best version of you
7️⃣ Never stop learning
8️⃣ Hold senior executives to account and never shy from challenging unfairness, immorality, or unethical behaviour
9️⃣ Learn to laugh at yourself and demonstrate , , and

If you’re lost direction or motivation, are feeling overwhelmed by continual professional setbacks, need help in identifying your personal values, or want to achieve your learning and growth potential, book a free Discovery Call now at https://calendly.com/richard-gadd

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Tuesday	11am - 7:30pm
Wednesday	11am - 7:30pm
Thursday	11am - 7:30pm
Friday	11am - 7:30pm
Saturday	2pm - 8pm

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https://www.developingbusinessexcellence.co.uk/

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