Problems with your team? You’re probably feeding them after midnight.
In the 80s movie Gremlins, the creatures are friendly and resourceful……until they are accidentally fed after midnight.
Want to promote a problem-solving culture in your business? How you react to bad news may be the key.
He said to his boss, “We can’t do what you’re asking!” His boss’s response was….. interesting.
Looking to win more work with customers? This donut might hold the key.
Eating a donut without licking your lips. It can feel like this when we’re talking to customers. Why?
During 2022, a dose of Covid took me two steps backwards…..but then moved me 100 steps forwards!!
In March 2022, I got the dreaded two lines on the test.
Planning to take a holiday? Here are three reasons why you should keep ‘working’ whilst you’re away.
If you’re planning to recharge your batteries, resting doesn’t come naturally to most of us. In fact, in a world addicted to ‘doing’ it pays to be very deliberate in how you go about resting. If not, our time-off never converts into time-OUT……and it’s the time out that our brains and bodies really need to fully recharge.
Do you suffer from ice-cream headaches?
I’m seeing many business leaders with metaphorical ice-cream headaches. Why is that? If you think about the employment experience that any business offers, there was a time when you could attract talented people with a pretty vanilla employment experience.
Collaboration….everyone thinks it’s a good idea….until they get punched in the face!
Paraphrasing Mike Tyson is probably not my strong point, but I’m struck by the challenges I’m seeing with companies doing their best to make collaboration happen in the brave new world of hybrid working.
Elon Musk is going to save the world…..obviously!
In response to that, you might be inclined to say, “You sound very certain of that Paul…..really?” OR “What planet are you on today?” And, actually, I’m not certain about it all. In fact, I’m becoming increasingly uncertain about most things…..and that’s a good thing…..for many of us in professional life. Here’s why.
I spend all day in meetings and get nothing done!
I hear this a lot. How much of our time spent in meetings is productive time? A recent study suggests that most of it isn’t productive….at all. In fact, across all of the companies in the research study below, the most beneficial results came when companies restricted meetings to two days per week. Yes, you read that right, three days out of five are completely meeting free…every week.