Business
How to say ‘no’ to your boss
I had another discussion today where the person was asking about how they handled a boss who is overloading them with work. Yes, you’re there to do a job and your boss – director, manager, team leader is the person who organises and manages your workload. That doesn’t mean you have to accept everything they…
Read MoreHow to manage your meetings
Meetings can take up a huge chunk of your working day, your week and your month. Manage your meetings and you’ll be managing your time better. You don’t have to attend every meeting you get invited to and you need to make sure you value the ones that you do. Are you the best person…
Read MoreAre you running a business or is it running you?
I had a call recently from someone who is running their own business but working long hours, giving up their evenings and weekends and putting a lot of time into it but not getting the results they want – namely, they’re finding it hard to earn any money. Mums (and Dads) want a business that…
Read MoreWomen In Business
While much of the business world is still male dominated, it is changing, slowly. Women have been in the workplace for less time than men and still earn less – even for doing the same job. I’ve seen the rapidly expanding growth of women’s business networks, where women get together to support other like-minded women.…
Read MoreOut of the Office
When I send out my monthly newsletter, it’s interesting to see the variety of ‘Out of Office’ messages that come back. Some are more helpful than others. They vary from the simple “I’m out of the office until (date)”, to the more informative or more specific. – If you need to contact me urgently here’s…
Read MoreGet Productive: Writing effective emails
Email is intended as a quick and efficient way of communicating – consider the following email etiquette guidelines when writing your emails to make them more effective. Be concise and to the point, don’t waffle on for pages and pages. Keep it to 2-3 screens of information – or put the information in an attachment.…
Read MoreAfter the workshop is over …
You’ve just come back from a really inspiring workshop – full of great ideas and you have a list of all the tips and information you’ve absorbed, enthused with all the things you’re going to do and change. You get home – it’s been a long day, so you grab a bite to eat, switch…
Read MoreYou don’t have to answer it
How often do you call someone on the phone whether on their landline or more often their mobile and having answered it, they then say they can’t talk … they’re busy … with someone … in the middle of something? I hear it quite often. If that’s the case, you don’t have to answer the…
Read MoreThe myth of Inbox zero
Email is one of the top things that gets in the way of being productive – although it’s a tool in itself, it’s also a source of great time wasting. Not only because of the shear volume of emails you receive on a daily basis but because of the time you spend dealing with it.…
Read MoreUsing multiple email addresses to manage your email
These days it’s so easy to set up an email address that makes sense to have multiple email addresses for different reasons. Using multiple email addresses is also a good way to sort and organise you email. I’d definitely recommend using online email addresses and not limiting yourself to your internet provider. That way if…
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