Business
Where Do You Spend Your Time?
Balance Your Productivity – Where do you spend your time? What are the choices you make and how much do you and others really value and respect your time? Valuing your time is about knowing where your time adds value, where and when you’re wasting it. What are the choices you make throughout the day?…
Read MoreCharge What You’re Worth
Balance Your Productivity – How to charge what you’re worth. Know your hourly rate and how to appreciate the real value of your time. Do you value your time? Even if you don’t charge for your time or have an hourly rate – your time still has value. How much time you spend on a piece…
Read MoreA Perfect Technology Storm
More people are now working from home and rely more and more on technology to enable them to do so. We expect broadband, phone and mobile to be available so we can stay connected, make and receive calls, upload and download files, send and receive email, connect with our cloud apps and everything that enables…
Read MoreGet More Done Working From Home
Recent article in Reader’s Digest on working from home.
Read MoreAfter the workshop is over …
You’ve just come back from a really inspiring seminar, event or informative workshop – full of great ideas. Now what? You made notes and now have a list of all the tips and information. Enthused with all the things you’re going to do and change, you can’t wait to get started. Back at the office – there are…
Read MoreSitting at your desk all day is bad for your health
We spend 65-75% of our day seated and stationary according to a recent survey. Not just at work but again when we get home and collapse in-front of the TV for the evening. Even as someone who works from home, I spend much of my day either on the phone or at the computer ……
Read MoreExtreme ways to deal with email!
Going away on holiday and you dread returning to thousands of emails in your Inbox? Are you receiving hundreds of emails on a daily basis? If you don’t have the luxury of having someone else manage your email for you while you’re away, here are a few of the more extreme ways I’ve heard senior…
Read MoreThe right to flexible working
From June this year all employees in the UK (who’ve been employed for 6 months) now have the right to request flexible working. Just because they can, doesn’t mean they will or that it suits every employee or business. Don’t panic – this could be great for your business. Flexible working allows people to work…
Read MoreBartering Your Services
Be wary of requests to trade or barter your services. While it can seem like a good way to get goods or services without spending cash – think carefully. – Is it really something you want or is useful for you and your business? – Would you be prepared to pay for it anyway? There’s…
Read MoreAlways late for meetings? Missing appointments?
Being late for a meeting or missing an appointment isn’t just an indicator that you’re not good at managing your time, it also shows a certain disregard for the person or people you’re meeting. They’ve made time for you in their day. They’ve turned up on time (hopefully). They may even have altered or moved…
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