Improve  CREATIVE WORKING CONDITIONS The freedom to make mistakes without blame , encourages creativity. Rules, negativity and blame are the enemy of creativity.         Creativity requires the freedom to doubt common practices.         Leaders  and CEO s cannot order staff to be creative, but they can provide working conditions where creativity can flourish.         By…

Working with PEOPLE Before you can manage others you must learn to manage yourself!         Successful management requires  clarification of purpose, total commitment, and a first class team of workers.         Management is all about dealing with people – picking the right people, encouraging them, delegating tasks to them and occasionally having a frank talk…

Become Your Own BOSS  To set up your own  business you need a competitive advantage – you need a product or a service that is different, cheaper or better quality than your competitors. What’s in it for me? What’s in it for the client – that is the question?          The first thing to do…

Ration Your TIME               “For peace of mind ration your time.”  We all have the same twenty-four hour day whether we be a President or a labourer.          Our time is our most valuable commodity so aim to make the best use of it.          There’s one thing you cannot recycle and that your time. Our…

Build Strong WORK TEAMS For success in your job follow our blogs!           To succeed in business you need to be able to build and maintain strong teams.               Success or failure  in business depends on whether people work together effectively in teams – it’s hard to operate these days without strong teams.               Different…

Seek some MENTORS If you cannot see where you are heading, ask someone who has been there.         Mentoring is a learning and development partnership between a trusted and experienced person and someone who is keen to learn.                It can be a good way to train a new worker and give a…

Let’s Get Things Done This YEAR  – Rolling On – Management Tip 88 It has been said that procrastination is the thief of time. All organisations are cluttered with unfinished projects that have been put aside to do later when we have time. Make a list of these tasks and prioritise them. Which ones do…

Become a GOOD COMMUNICATOR – Rolling On – Management Tip 87 You will please more people by listening to them than talking to them.           Learn to ask basic questions – shut up,  and listen hard to their responses.           Effective communication must a two way affair.     A Handful of tips to improve your communication…

Make This a BETTER YEAR – Our business world is changing fast. It may never be the same again but business is still all about performance, productivity and accountability.          All activities should be evaluated and subjected to questioning about their costs and benefits.         People should have the time to think about the relevance…

Our new WORKING Ways         Our working world is changing fast. Change is now the name of the game.            More and more people are working from home. More and more meetings are held on- line. More and more businesses are downsizing their working accommodation.             Don’t take the old  traditions for granted. There…