by Sally Foley-Lewis | 9 Feb 2020 | Delegation, General Productivity, Management Skills
When I was a child, whenever we went out to dinner I’d follow my brother’s lead and fidget. We’d fidget with the cutlery, napkins, condiments … everything. Dad would snap at us but sitting still wasn’t in our nature. Out to dinner one...
by Sally Foley-Lewis | 3 Feb 2020 | Delegation, Management Skills
When I lived in Germany, I learned to drive on the ‘wrong’ side of the road in winter. I lived at the bottom of a hilly street so with snow and ice on the road during winter I felt completely out of control and scared as the car simply slid its way zig...
by Sally Foley-Lewis | 15 Jan 2020 | Delegation, Management Skills
Netflix. I’ve just recently discovered that Netflix-produced shows have only a five-second window before they move on to the next episode automatically. Whereas it looks like other produced shows on Netflix have a, I think, 15 to 20-second gap before they move...
by Sally Foley-Lewis | 30 Dec 2019 | Delegation, General Productivity
From an old Latin line, festina lente, or hurry slowly, is the notion that if you do things too fast you’re likely to waste time going back to correct mistakes. To hurry slowly is to work carefully and methodically and it’ll be the fastest way to achieve the desired...
by Sally Foley-Lewis | 1 Dec 2019 | Delegation, General Productivity
Steve was on the verge of being put into performance management because the management of his team was not going well. Steve couldn’t understand why his team became unengaged when he was promoted into the management position. Results were average, the team was...
by Sally Foley-Lewis | 18 Nov 2019 | Delegation
In school I was very average academically, sport and socialising had way more appeal! Even when I put effort in my grades were never anything to get excited about. I even failed English in one semester – that hurt! And that contributed greatly to me having to...
