Most managers appreciate that delegation is a vital skill to enhancing their effectiveness. Yet so many managers are unable (and sometimes unwilling) to put their appreciation into practice.
I believe that delegation is so important that I am going to dedicate my next 8 blogs to the topic – taking you on a paint-by-numbers journey through the art [...]
…’Twas the first week of February,
and through all the country’s houses
a huge sigh of relief could be heard from the mums and their spouses!…..
Ahhh, it is the first week of February and down here in the Southern Hemisphere the kids are finally on their way back to school after 6-8 weeks of summer holidays. [...]
Tags: personal time management, Time management, time management techniques, work/life balance; time out; time management; energy management
What a great opportunity it was to be on the Breakfast Show on TVNZ, Tuesday 26 January. I’d been called the day before about my revamped book ‘About Time’. Tim was a great interviewer – very warm and friendly. You’ll see footage at http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/successful-time-management-6-40-3342564
You might also like the first point we discussed on the show [...]
Wow! Exciting news has just come in – TVNZ’s Channel One has invited me to appear on the Breakfast Show tomorrow morning at 8:40am (Tuesday 26 January 2010).
It just goes to show how increasing your media activity really works. It was only five days ago that I featured in the Christchurch Press with an excerpt [...]
posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Robyn Pearce
I’m reflecting again on what happens when we clean things out. Of course, preparation isn’t just in the physical sense, is it. It’s also a shaping of attitude and a way to mentally and emotionally prepare for coming things.
Tags: declutter, energy, Energy management, life-lesson
posted on December 20th, 2009 by Robyn Pearce
Why so many of us have this sense of compulsion to finalise things at Christmas? Is it because we’re wired to strive for completion? And I also wonder if it’s something to do with energy?
Tags: declutter, energy, messy office, procrastination
Never let go of the child within – children have endless curiosity. Start each day as if we’re going to open presents, that it will be a surprise, that we will learn something new and exciting, or have serendipitous wonderful events happen to us. Nine times out of ten, whatever we expect will happen.
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Tags: Energy management, inspiration, life-lesson, Self-esteem, Time management, time out, work/life balance
If you haven’t yet seen the movie ‘Julie and Julia’ with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, treat yourself! Not only will you be delighted with brilliant acting but there’s also a modern theme about the power of influence.
Can’t tell you too much – I’d hate to spoil the story!
Just go and enjoy and I’d be [...]
Tags: Communication, influencers, leadership, life-lesson, personality types, respect, role models, success, Teachers
Do you know how to use the many computer keyboard shortcuts available? (Touch typists who’ve been well taught, please skip this message, but pass it on to all your two-finger typo friends!)
Even though I learnt to touch type many years ago, it was only in the last few years that a computer boffin [...]
posted on November 12th, 2009 by Robyn Pearce
One of the top highlights for me at the Glazer-Kennedy Info-Summit last week in Atlanta was Frank Kern. Check out this tiny clip where Frank talks about ‘right mind’. http://www.casttv.com/video/cskada/glazer-kennedy-info-summit-update-4-frank-kern-video
(It’s impossible to tell you much about this guy’s speech. It was one of those ‘you had to be there’ kind of events. I can say [...]