by Rob Govier | Jun 24, 2020 | ISO 9001, ISO 9001:2015, Quality Management System, Uncategorised
ISO management system standards have been impacting on the UK business community for over 25 years. However, there remains an air of mystery around even the common standards like ISO 9001. Hence the question and the title of this blog. Google tells us that there are...
by Rob Govier | Mar 4, 2020 | ISO Consulting, Uncategorised
The Cult of “Sales Judo” There Is A Better Way This writer was in corporate sales for many years, and has suffered many hours of “death by PowerPoint” at the hands of highly-paid “sales training coaches”, some of which would have made excellent religious...
by Rob Govier | Jan 17, 2019 | ISO clauses
The introduction of the common format for ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 27001 has saved much time in the whole process of creating management systems. However, one of the ISO clauses seems particularly challenging. Early in the system construction process, there is a...
by Rob Govier | Dec 3, 2018 | ISO Audit Preparation, The Diary of an ISO Consultant
A customer contacted me recently who needed a new ISO approval. The “driver” was to get the company through a tender process and into a new market. I specialise in getting businesses ISO-approved quickly with concise management systems. They contain...
by Rob Govier | Sep 27, 2018 | ISO Consulting
ISO Certification and Objectives – A New Emphasis? The effect of Annex SL (the document which says how ISO documents should be structured and what they should contain) on ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001 and ISO 45001 is raising many questions relating to ISO...