Planning
Use Reflection and Action to Plan Your Next 90 Days for Success – Part 2
Following on from the previous blog post, here are a few more strategies to help you plan your next 90 days. Seek accountability and support Sharing your goals helps you to stay focused and break through obstacles to your productivity. Collaborating on mutual goals provides you with motivation and support to keep moving forward and…
Read MoreUse Reflection and Action to Plan Your Next 90 Days for Success – Part 1
As we’re coming up to halfway through the year, it’s a good time to take stock of the last six months and plan for the next six months. When goal-setting or planning ahead, it’s good to think in terms of six months, 90 days or as some people prefer, ‘terms’. It’s less daunting than planning…
Read MoreDoes trying to plan a group meeting or event feel like herding cats?
One of the challenges with planning a group meeting is trying to organise the time of people in different timezones and locations. social events with friends or family work related meetings or events with different teams or organisations Having just gone through this exercise recently, planning a group meeting can be hard work and a lot…
Read MorePlan your four-day week around three bank holiday weekends
Are you ready for a four-day week? Here in the UK we’re about to have three bank holiday weekends in the next month. Three four-day weeks and only two full weeks in the month of May. Are you more likely to try and squeeze five days of work in to four or will you be able…
Read MorePlanner or Scheduler – paper or digital, which is best?
Earlier this month I posted my planner for the year up on Instagram. Now, I love a planner, along with worksheets and checklists. They keep me organised and I regularly share my favourites and the ones that work best. If you want to stop being late (see previous post), it helps to use a diary,…
Read MoreStop being late and start arriving on time
Being late is a common symptom of poor time management. It comes from a combination of poor planning, trying to squeeze too much in to the available time, leaving things to the last minute and not respecting your time or other people’s time. Are you known for always being late? When you set aside time…
Read MoreCreate a morning routine
Many Entrepreneurs and successful business people swear by their morning routine. There are any number of articles on how they start their day – usually getting up as dawn breaks. Having a morning routine is a great way to set yourself up for the day. To focus on yourself for the first hour of the…
Read More7 Tips To Avoid Last Minute Pre-holiday Chaos
The holiday season is underway and many people are getting ready to switch off from work and head off for a well-earned break. Perhaps you’ve already have had a break. During your last few days at work, do you tend to leave work on time or do you end up working late, trying to get…
Read MoreManaging childcare and work during holiday time
As we head into the Summer holidays, many parents are going to be faced with juggling work and childcare. Here in the UK holidays tend to be anything from two to six or even eight weeks off from school. This can be a logistical and financial juggling exercise if you’re a busy working parent, who…
Read More5 ways to deal with transport strikes and delays
With a Summer of strikes on the horizon there may be little you can do when your usual route to work is disrupted or you experience long delays. Commuters are already familiar with delays, cancellations and crowded public transport. This is something else to adapt to, manage and create a work around. What commuting to…
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