In all businesses but especially in SME’s it is vital to understand why fixed overheads are so important. The answer lies in the name. They are FIXED. We live in changing and unpredictable times and so anything that restricts our ability to react quickly can be a problem. We saw…
Why do bad managers hate work from home? We have recently heard many managers objecting to their staff working from home. The most recent of these is Jacob Rees-Mogg a man whose ideas of work are firmly based in the industrial revolution and have never moved on. So why do…
Time management is a great term that has been around for decades now but I’m sorry – you can’t manage time. A dictionary definition of to manage is “to handle, direct, govern or control in action or use. Just try doing that with time. What we really need to do…
A couple of days ago I wrote about the Ivy Lee Method Ivy Lee Method and now we move to the Pomodoro Technique as an extension of that. Named after the tomato shaped timer this technique make use of the brain’s natural ability to work well in short bursts. The…
I’ve had a frustrating day and have experienced what it’s really like when the computer says no. This happened with a large mobile phone provider but it could have been any one of a number of large companies who try to do customer service on the cheap with poor systems.…
In order to have an effective, rather than just a productive day I use the Ivy Lee Method. Who or what is Ivy Lee I hear you ask? Ivy Lee was an American productivity consultant who was engaged by Charles Schwab (one of the richest men in the world in…
The Definition Of Work Needs To Change If you go to the dictionary the definition of work is: An activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result or: A task or tasks to be undertaken. I don’t like these definitions as gardening or…
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