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How To Get Your Desk Ready For Monday Desk clutter is the enemy of effective and efficient management and you can tell a lot about a manager from their desk. Clutter means disorganisation, lost time searching for documents, ineffective and prolonged responses to requests and general untidiness. Many organisations adopt a Clear Desk Policy at …
How To Get Your Desk Organised Desk clutter is the enemy of effective and efficient management and you can tell a lot about a manager from their desk. Clutter means disorganisation, lost time searching for documents, ineffective and prolonged responses to requests and general untidiness. Many organisations adopt a Clear Desk Policy at the close …
Managerial Resolutions For 2017 Looking back on 2016, as we all do this time of year, we would all recognise that some things went well and some, frankly, did not. That said a little ongoing self-assessment as you progress through 2017 will give additional and valuable perspectives on how your tasks and responsibilities are developing. …
How To Organise Yourself – some simple Tips All staff with management responsibility need to be organised and to have EFFECTIVE and RELIABLE systems to ensure that they meet their operational responsibilities. This is also important to show those staff to whom you are responsible that you are managing in a professional and capable manner. …
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Managing Information - The Must Should Could Model We are all bombarded by information and data – far too much than is probably healthy for us and far too much to effectively deal with in a consistent and systematic manner. One solution is to be brutally honest around how to prioritise the information and communication …
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How to Achieve Good Work-Life Balance. The Headlines – make sure that you are working to your line manager’s schedule, make sure that you do not lose touch with friends or family and NEVER check your office emails at night. Getting the position that you have set out to obtain is a truly satisfying feeling …
How Can I Use Just In Time PERSONALLY? We are probably all aware of the approach used in manufacturing called Just I Time (JIT) with its focus upon lean systems and the design and delivery of very efficient systems. Whilst this is great to see in operation and it directly benefits the organisation how can …
This Monday Use The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People Use Covey’s Seven Habits to sharpen up your week ahead! Habit 1 - Be Proactive You can control your own environment rather than have it control you. Self-determination, choice, and the power to decide how you respond to different stimuli and circumstances are critical here. …
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How To Be Super Organised So how do the most effective and efficient people do it? By using the following principles; You can’t add hours to the day Start by recognising that there are only 24 hours in the day and no one can work all of them. If you're constantly working long hours, then …
How To Beat The Monday Blues Let’s be honest, not many of us look forward to Monday mornings and we all have to fight our way out of the warm comfortable bed to take our part in the corporate jungle. Monday morning creeps up on you at a time when the weekend is just beginning …
