Does your desk breed paper every time you turn your back on it? Layer upon layer of miscellaneous paper, magazines, newsletters, invitations to this and that, reports, files and vital tasks you mustn’t forget to attend to? Every couple of weeks, with grim determination and fired by a sense of desperation, do you approach this monstrosity supposed [...]
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Do you find that interruptions are the constant companion of an open plan office? If you’ve been one of my ‘family’ of readers for a while, you’ll possibly already know my thoughts on unmoderated open plan environments, but in case you’re new, or missed my previous comments, here’s the snippet from‘Getting a Grip on the Paper [...]
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Some years ago I presented at a Johnson and Johnson New Leaders Forum in Auckland. One of the other speakers was Mick Yates, at the time a very senior executive with J&J Asia/Pacific. He’s now back in England and has one of the world’s top sites on leadership - http://www.leader-values.com/. This blog’s lead article is an excerpt [...]
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