Having just come back from vacation I have had recent first hand experience of the work overload when you return. Last thing you want is for your restful holiday to be a distant memory 24 hours after you return. CIO magazine has 5 tips on how to achieve the vacation you need. In summary: PlanContinue reading “Returning from vacation”
Category Archives: Management
My productivity tips
A couple of weeks ago Tony Goodson sat down and had a chat with me about productivity, being a productivity buddy, Twitter and life in general. The audio is not the best, Skype was playing up and we had to record in 3 different sessions but we got through it. Following recording Tony went andContinue reading “My productivity tips”
The skills of Gen Y
It seems that Gen Y is not all bad, their technical skills save them, other than that we need to write the off as a wasted generation. What! Well that’s what 315 business leaders across Australia would like us to think based on the results of a survey conducted by SmartCompany in conjunction with RoyContinue reading “The skills of Gen Y”
Communication with employees
We all know that most issues in our lives result from a lack of, or the wrong type of communication (well most of us know this) . A lack of communication between employees and their managers can be and many times is the bottom line problem in employee performance. Basically the manager is incapable ofContinue reading “Communication with employees”
Can you build a company in a weekend?
An interesting team development activity took place of the weekend of Jul 7-8. Get together a group of people, lock them in a room and for 54 hours build a product, set up a company, and launch it to the market. The idea is called Startup Weekend! The weekend had all the social media blog’dContinue reading “Can you build a company in a weekend?”
Culture at Microsoft & Google
About a week or two ago an anonymous blogger posted what is meant to be from an internal mailing list in Microsoft that compares the culture of the different workplaces. The comments, all 425 of them at the time of writing, tend to indicate that the email might be true but there is also anContinue reading “Culture at Microsoft & Google”
Testing out always on contectivity
Just got my hands on a demo HP iPAQ 6965 unit to trial over the next few weeks, as my boss is away who is testing it out and has another few weeks to go on the test program. It will give me a great chance to learn about how I would use such aContinue reading “Testing out always on contectivity”
Always on connectivity and management
I wrote about hyperconnectivity a few days ago which is essentially a technology trend, but it is and will continue to have a profound impact on management both professional and personal. The basic issue is with everything always connected and communicating where does one draw the line? Let’s take the obvious examples, BlackBerry’s and personalContinue reading “Always on connectivity and management”
The problem with readers/customers/users
Please don’t take this the wrong way but it was nice to blog without readers, but in a way it is even better to blog with them. Let me tell you why. Without readers it is just you and the keyboard. Nothing more, nothing else. You can’t insult, upset, disappoint anyone. You get to writeContinue reading “The problem with readers/customers/users”
Doing one more thing
Anna Farmery from over at The Engaging Brand pushes us all to do just one more thing, well 10 of them in fact. She asked what would happen to the productivity your team if you did one more thing from the list every day? The list is mainly about recognition, something that is in lineContinue reading “Doing one more thing”
