Blog
-
Middle Management
-
Productive Leadership
-
Self-Leadership
-
People Skills
-
Management Skills: Communication, Delegation, Feedback, etc!
TLAs and Productivity
In your day to day, how many acronyms or initialisms do you use or here? When I took on a project role for Austrade in Abu Dhabi back in the mid 2000's I was handed 2 A4 pieces of paper which had all the acronyms and initialisms used by the team. Receiving these...
Self-Leadership, Confidence and Productivity
I recall reading a fable like story years ago. It went something like this:A young business man constantly lost his pens. Every time he had to sign a deal or sign a cheque he could never find the pen he thought he just had. Because he was always losing his pens he...
Happiness and Productivity
I often watch Rambo dart back and forth across the yard chasing bugs.I'm no dog expert but I believe I'm a Rambo expert: he would stand statue still to get the bug in his line of attack and then pounce on it and as his nose is squished into the ground his tail...
Mini Habits, Hats and Hills!
I'm currently listening to Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results by Stephen Guise again. (Image source: mini habits.com):One point Guise makes in the opening chapters, and I'm going to paraphrase, is it's not you, it's your strategies.Ponder that ... it's not...
Productivity and Self Leadership
In the Productive Leadership model the key focus areas for improving productivity are personal, professional and people.Personal Productivity: What you are doing to personal influence your sense of achievement; your ability to complete tasks effectively and the...
Productive Emails: The long and short of it!
When I was a little girl, I remember being fussy about my dinner one night – the vegetables were yucky because they turned cold too quickly – my Dad told me to eat the vegetables first so that they wouldn’t be cold and so that the meant would be the ‘reward’. Not...
Stay Productive: Finish 2017 Strong
The tinsel is up, the twinkle lights are decorating our night skylines, the party invites are in and the season of the continual food and beverage hangover has well and truly started. This time of year means parties and celebrations and for some it can’t come soon...
Feedback Boosts Productivity
In almost every coaching program I run my clients ask me about how they can have more effective feedback conversations. Some clients share with me: "Feedback conversations are more painful than going to the dentist!" "I avoid some feedback conversations. Some...
Valuing the Midpoint for Motivation and Productivity
This is the halfway mark of a rather large project I’m working on with my cross-stitch. And if you’re not too sure what cross-stitch is, if you’ve heard of paint-by-numbers, then this is the same, but stitch by symbol. Each little grid square corresponds to one...
VLOG: Influence, Communications and Personal Brand for Managers and Leaders
I had the absolute pleasure to catch up with branding, influence and communications expert Jane Anderson. We chat all things influence! Some of the many key take-aways: 🔹 The work you do on yourself can be challenging at times: that's why the mindset and doing the...
VLOG: Lessons in International Leadership
An interview with Toastmaster International President Mike Storkey discussing leading a global organisation.
The Mosquito and Productivity
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.You no doubt have heard that quote before. And last night, at sometime after midnight, I was reminded how effective a mosquito can be. It woke me up, and I was shooing it,...