Planning
Celebrate your success – Four Offers For June
“Significant Birthdays and Anniversaries are good times to reflect on where you are now, where you’re going and what you’ve achieved. The Jubilee celebrations were a great start to my Birthday week. While not all of us celebrate on that scale, how often do you celebrate your successes? We’re often focused on achieving and looking…
Read MorePlanning For Strategic Thinking
An article on strategic thinking appeared recently in the Financial Times with a few quotes from yours truly. I thought I’d expand on the theme, as it’s something I come across quite often when coaching businesses. When you get stuck in the day-to-day running of work or your own business, it’s difficult to find the…
Read MoreTime Tip: Five Minutes Fast
One time trick I use is to set one or two of my clocks five minutes fast. Now despite being a time management coach, I don’t wear a watch and haven’t done for years but there are enough time pieces around me that make it unnecessary. The only time I have a watch with me…
Read MoreBlue, Blue Monday
Today is the day of the year when we’re all supposedly feeling depressed. It’s cold dark and gloomy, the glow of the Christmas holiday is fading, New Year’s Resolutions have already been broken and we’re regretting the over-indulgence and spending as the credit card bills arrive and you don’t get paid until the end of…
Read MoreCreate A To-Do List That Works
Do you work from a daily to-do list or do you have a ‘rolling’, never-ending to-do list? According to @BBCBreakfast this morning – people who write lists and set goals are more likely to achieve their objectives and get more done. Well, we already know this – it’s well known and oft quoted. To-do lists,…
Read MoreHaving It All … With No Sleep
Juggling, multi-tasking, doing everything and being a business mum can be tough. At the recent Business Mums Summit I heard many comments from hard-working mums who were trying to squeeze as much as possible into their day, in order to run their own businesses and mostly managing to burn the candle at both ends. Getting…
Read More7 Tips To Avoid Last Minute Panic Before Your Holiday
It’s holiday season and as you wind down from work, do you do so in a calm, collected manner or in a mad rush of activity? Do you manage to leave work on time on your last day or end up working late having managed to send that final email and finished off the report…
Read MoreDrop-outs, No-shows And Last Minute Cancellations
Anyone who runs meetings, events or workshops knows that there is always the risk of ‘drop outs’, ‘no-shows’ and last minute cancellations. Social or business, free or paid. If it’s free it’s more likely to occur – there’s no financial penalty for not attending. It’s just as likely to happen for paid events. Whether it’s a…
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