During the downturn personal overwhelm was a function of survival. We did the hours, we did what had to be done, because of scarcity and fear. Oh how we longed for brighter days when contracts would be plentiful, a thriving market, and we could catch our breath in a world...
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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives – Annie Dillard It’s not time we lack, its a reverence for the preciousness of time and a day to day acknowledgement of its declining balance. We live like we are going to live forever such is...
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John the MD has three work stations in his office. Station 1 is dedicated to Project A. Station 2 is dedicated to Project B. Station 3 is dedicated to Project C. He will typically work on Project A at Station 1 for a set period of time (might be 3...
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The retirement where the full time worker gives heart and soul to the business – then one fine day its game over. Car keys handed in, desk cleared and the next thirty years slowly dying inside trudging around golf courses and B&Q. That’s yesterday’s model still embedded in our psyche...
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How to guarantee overwhelm – – the 3 versions: Overwhelmed version 1 = you are making more promises than requests. (Change the equation) Overwhelmed version 2 = you are making enough requests – but they are not big or bold enough. (Make them bigger) Overwhelmed version 3 = You are...
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Stop – Change – Start is a powerful way of being for the individual and team thirsting for continual improvement. I thought you might be amenable to this rather enjoyable and satisfying ‘end of year ritual’ to check out the old year and bring in the new; from both a...
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Big news item today on the latest survey results of the nations ‘happiness index’. Some would say there is an element of the blinking obvious; people are happiest as teens, go downhill in midlife and then get happier again in retirement. Why the midlife can be less happy is not...
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..the bonkers version that has the busy manager going crazy trying to accomplish the linear notion of balance. It’s out in the the social paradigm and in every Sunday newspaper: Monday to Friday – No weekend working. 9-5 Getting all your ‘work work’ done and getting all your ‘home work’...
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Thought for the day. If all your employees were volunteers what would you be doing differently? Maybe this would just be an entertaining exercise, if it was not for the notion that it would not take a great leap of imagination to see that today’s employees ARE volunteers. Consider: This...
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I never thought as a Coach 15 years ago, that I’d now be be dishing out advice about managing email. Hey ho, I never saw that big issue coming and the impact it has had on the productivity and wellbeing of Managers and Leaders. So here goes a few precious...
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