Better in Business: Leadership – Clear Goals & Vision
I like to remind people: ‘If you aim for nothing, you will hit it with amazing accuracy’.
Better in Business Tip: Leadership – Procrastination
My most used saying is this: ‘Never let perfect get in the way of better’. A major cause of procrastination is the fear that you’re not going to do a perfect job. Does this ring a bell? Find out about the other reasons we procrastinate, and what to do about it.
Better in Business – Managing interruptions
You’re in the zone – calm, focused and efficient. There’s no reason your proposal won’t be finished before lunch. Apart from the inevitable interruptions, that is.
Better in Business: Marketing self-audit – how and why?
Everyone talks about marketing, but is everyone talking about the same thing? What does your marketing look like? And is it working?
Is it time for a cash flow audit?
No matter how good you might be at selling, if you don’t have a clear payment program for your services and an efficient accounts receivable function, your business will never thrive. Collecting payment for services is a fact of life. If customers or clients enter into a transaction with you there is an expectation that…
Better in Business: Leadership – Delegation
‘It’ll be quicker to do it myself’. Wrong! Successful leaders delegate, and so should you. Beware. It’s tempting to think that by the time you’ve explained a task to someone else, you could have finished it yourself.
Better in Business: Time Management – Shifting Priorities
You’ve made good progress on a key task. Then it starts. The phone rings, the emails arrive and there’s someone else at your office door. You already have a list of priorities for the day. What do you do?