Getting work done through others is the fastest way to increase productivity. However, many struggle with the ‘how’. One of the biggest complaints you’ll probably hear when people talk about their staff is ‘it’s quicker to do it myself’.... read more
If I asked you right now: how much of your time do you spend stuck on admin, what would you say? A couple of years ago, Proudfoot Consulting published a productivity survey of 1300 managers in 12 countries. They... read more
In this last fortnight, I have been looking for one or two interns for the happychild website, which is nearly 18 months old now. And I had to do some thinking about why, and whether, an intern would be... read more
In today’s busy corporate environment, the workloads can often seem never-ending and feeling a sense of work satisfaction is not as common for employees as it once perhaps was years ago. With technology moving at a fast pace and... read more
For anyone that owns a business, at any stage of development, planning for business success is vital. A business plan is an essential tool to ensure that the resources and assets of a business are strategically applied and act... read more
Plans are not made to be broken. The best way to make sure your plans do not get put on the backburner is to prepare to deal with interruptions, and work out how to keep focus and on task.... read more
Ask anyone you meet how they are, and there is a pretty good chance they will talk about how busy they are, how there aren’t enough hours in the day, or something along those lines. Whether they are a... read more
At the time of writing this I was at Starbucks in Houston airport, with the infinite variety of humanity swirling around me. I’d just finished spending time with my new marketing contractor, Trish Lambert. We met via the internet.... read more
You may have heard the term Cloud Computing (also called ‘Software-as-a-Service’ or ‘Software on Demand’) and it’s a great way to improve your computing processes and save you time and hassle in your business. If you’ve ever used web... read more
If you look at Australia’s Top 10 companies you’ll see four banks, two miners, one insurer, one Telco, one supermarket and a hardware chain. Their products aren’t at all glamorous. Australia’s Rich list is the same story – miners,... read more
Describe your business to us and how you got the idea and put in into reality? My brother Con and I have been business partners for the past 24 years, buying bankrupt food businesses and turning them around or... read more
Are you constantly interrupted by visitors, phone calls, emails and crises which interrupt your work day, waste your time and stress you out? If so, then you need to put some good time management strategies into place to control... read more
