Blog & Podcast Want to Get More Productive? Sign up here to receive my FREE Top 10 Tips to turn Busy into Productive in 30 Days First Name Email* Subscribe Now ShowArticlesPodcasts Article Should Mobile Phones be Banned in Meetings? September 08, 2017 It seems when people are invited to attend a meeting they now consider it a ‘plus one’ scenario. It is common practice these days for meeting participants to show up with their mobile phone in hand, engaged and ready to distract. Tip – if you are reading this whilst you’re in a meeting right now […] Read More Article How Do You Help The Person Who Thinks They Are Busier Than They Are? August 29, 2017 As a leader, a peer or even a friend, how do you help the person that is suffering from the busy disease? The person who has no time to do anything they want to? The one that isn’t getting enough sleep, who isn’t looking after themselves and whose to do list is continually growing. How […] Read More Article The Five Secrets of the Super Organised. August 24, 2017 Have you noticed how some people are incredibly organised? Despite the fact their demands are similar to yours – they have a demanding job, children to care for, a partner to love, their health to look and some resemblance of a social life. How on earth do they do it? We all have the same […] Read More Article It Came in Like a Wrecking Ball to Destroy Your Personal Brand. August 10, 2017 Personal Brand is the strongest currency you have to deal with in business. It can make or break your career, your leadership and your reputation. So are you aware of the implications that being busy can have on your brand? A leader needs to be the architect of their brand. A strong personal brand is […] Read More Article The Five Types of Clutter and Why You Need to De-Clutter. August 01, 2017 We’ve seen the shows about de-cluttering a wardrobe or a home and how cathartic it is. The process of getting rid of what we don’t need and haven’t used for a period of time creates space for new and exciting things…..or space to breathe! It also provides a sense of control and organisation when the […] Read More Article Time for a Culture Pulse Check. July 06, 2017 Culture is the lifeblood of an organisation, regardless of size. It can make or break a business and the people within it. The culture of an organisation permeates beyond the 4 walls of the working environment and impacts on the employees’ personal lives also. We know that right? Then why do some organisations just get […] Read More Article What Do You Do When Your Boss is a Complete Douche Bag? July 04, 2017 A friend of mine, Fiona, was telling a group of us the other day about her manager. She was expressing her frustration with his inability to make decisions, his poor communication style and his constant cancellation of meetings. The biggest frustration was his seeming inability to walk his talk. Instead of doing what he said […] Read More Article Are You Creating A Busy Mini-me? July 04, 2017 Busy is what we are and its heavy impact is felt well beyond you and your workplace. It extends into your home and those closest to you. We are constantly telling people how busy we are. That we haven’t met a commitment because we’ve been too busy. And that you can’t play the game with […] Read More Article Expert Talk – How To Be a Relevant Leader. July 04, 2017 Catherine Duncan is the Director and General Manager of Matthews Steer. She is a highly respected, courageous and relevant leader who walks her talk, but also has a genuine care and empathy for people, which hugely influence her success and the impact she has on others. I had the fortune of interviewing Catherine for Busy? […] Read More Pages: First Page1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253Last PageLoad More ShowArticlesPodcasts Article When All You Have is a Hammer You Want Everything to be a Nail May 01, 2017 Recently I’ve been asking some targeted questions of people when I meet them, particularly if they are employed. Do they like their job? Are they passionate about what they do? On a scale of 1-10 how engaged would they say they are? The responses are interesting and alarming. Most say they are passionate about what […] Read More Article The Time You Don’t Have May 01, 2017 Last week I attended a planning day where I spend the whole day focused on my business. It’s something that’s really hard to block out of the diary. It’s an entire day and it always begs the question ‘do I have the time to spare to sit and think?’ Add to that a flight to […] Read More Article How You Communicate Is How You Are Heard May 01, 2017 Dean believes he is a strong communicator. He is leading a team of 15 people, on occasions he is still needed on the tools and is busy ‘in’ the business with cash flow and staff retention being two of his biggest concerns. He believes he is always in constant communication with his team and they […] Read More Article Who Is Holding You Accountable? April 27, 2017 We all have the best of intentions. We have grand plans that we want to achieve and lists a mile long of all the actions that will get us closer to our dreams. Of course with any growth and with any change there are challenges – the biggest being time. When will you get the […] Read More Article EQ – Why It Makes a Good Leader Great. March 02, 2017 There is the constant quest to define the qualities that make a great leader. This quest will go on until the end of time. As it should be, it will be a constantly changing proposition because as a consequence of our rapidly changing environment leaders need to constantly evolve, shift, adapt and ensure they are […] Read More Article How Do You ‘Do’ Busy? February 07, 2017 No doubt you have had a busy day so far. You may have responded to emails, put out some fires, made some calls. But my question to you is how have you done busy? And what impact are you having on your results. Obviously I have been observing the busy space for many years now […] Read More Article The Addiction That Consumed My Values. January 31, 2017 I was an addict! There I said it. It took me a long time to realise that I was addicted to busy. I started my business in 2008 with the perhaps naïve goals of having more flexibility and time to do what I wanted to do personally. I say my goals were naïve because they […] Read More Article The Excuse That Wore Thin. January 29, 2017 Mark was one of those people you would love to have in your business. Meticulous, incredibly experienced and knowledgeable and you knew that if you handed him a problem to solve it would be extensively dissected and the solution would be rock solid. You’d call him a very safe pair of hands and very reliable. […] Read More Article And We’re Off and Running January 29, 2017 We’re now well and truly out of the starter blocks and into the race of 2017. Australia Day’s ‘unofficial’ long weekend is done and dusted and this week sees many back to work after enjoying holidays. Most of the kids are back at school this week and traffic is back to its heaviest. The more […] Read More Article What’s It Worth? January 27, 2017 Candace is a senior executive in a large commercial firm. A self confessed work-a-holic she’s dedicated and highly successful. She works long hours and spends a lot of time away from home. Home is where her 3 kids and partner are. One morning as she was frantically chewing on a piece of toast whilst checking […] Read More Pages: First Page123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748Last PageLoad More
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