As your business has grown, so has your team. Here’s 10 top tips to keep it all together. Business Plan – update it now. If you only have a vague idea of your strategy then think how much fuzzier your staff’s understanding will be. Uncertainty can lead to insecurity and confusion. Segment it – by [...]
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BAD Focus
Today’s post is a short one inspired by an ohrwurm. A ‘what’ you say? An ohrwurm I said. Even if you’ve never heard of the word ohrwurm before I guarantee that you’ll have experienced one. And it may very well have driven you to distraction. Kylie Is Guilty Kylie knew exactly what she was doing [...]
Right Here, Right Now
Like many others with a huge to do list, you might well be thinking ‘Oh my God. Where do I start?’ And sometimes too many of the tasks seem too big to tackle. So what do you do? You leave them until you’re ready to tackle them. You put them to one side for another [...]
The Holiday Scenario
As we already know by now you can only have one priority at a time. Just the one. You may well have a big long list of ‘things to do’ but that’s all they are, ‘things to do’. Only one of them can actually be your priority. Ch Ch Ch Changes That’s not to say [...]
Easy As ABC
One simple way of prioritising is to use the ABC method. It is a straightforward and practical strategy that you can use at the start of any new day, project or list of things that you need to achieve. Priority setting is something that takes a short amount of time, yet allows you to focus [...]
Paperback Writer
A short Friday post today. Most of you know that I’m currently writing The Priority Principle. And you’ll also know that it’s not yet finished. But already it’s yielding marvellous results. How can that be? Click here to find out. Oh, and then come back to listen to one of the Fab Four’s most underrated [...]
Time For Action
“Because it’s time you realiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiised, That this is the time, The time for action!” So sang the sharp suited Secret Affair back in 1979, also urging us to dress smart, keep clean and take them to your leader. (David Cameron is more of a Jam fan (I know, I know) as it happens.) Procrastinators Listen [...]
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