David Summerton Business Consulting
Are You A Pacesetting Manager? ALL managers need to regularly review their style of delivery and your methods of getting things done so that we can judge clinically and accurately if we are achieving our goals and objectives. A new breed of manager has emerged called the Pacesetter – someone who has an approach where …
Designing Your Own Management Standards Every manager, just like every individual on the planet, have their own standards and behaviours. This is something that we develop as our careers grow and as our experiences shape the decisions we make. We all reflect on things that went well and things that did not go the way …
How To Be Really Creative All Of The Time Preparation: get yourself immersed into issues and problems that catch your interest and which will stimulate you. Curiosity is critical here! Incubation: allow ideas to swirl around in your mind without any real planning or preparation. Let your thoughts flow. Insight: allow the ideas to flow …
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6 Top Management Values To Deliver Success Do the Right Thing: you will know when something is just plain right in just the same way that you will instinctively know when a plan or approach is just plain wrong. Doing the Right Thing is always the correct path. Aim Higher: performance can always be bettered …
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How to Make Remote Working Work For You Good planning: have very clear structures and systems in place from the very beginning which should be maintained and fine-tuned as time goes by. Choose IT systems that work and which support the drive for effective and efficient work production. Make sure that systems complement each other …
Why Management Gender Gets Different Results We are all aware of the headlines regarding the differences between the sexes and how men and women deal with a whole range of issues and practical situations. This is true of managerial decision making and style where there are clear differences in approach between the sexes. Male managers …
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Recharging Your Batteries – practical tips for getting a good night’s sleep We all know that management is a demanding task and to rise to the challenge of each day a good night’s sleep is an essential part of every manager’s toolkit to be able to develop and progress. If you look half asleep you …
