Here are some top time tips to get students to return newsletter and permission slips asap: Encourage a ‘rewards’ system so that the children take responsibility for returning them the next day – an end of term tally perhaps? (NO punishments though!) Mention what is required in the weekly newsletter, with a due date. Replies [...]
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Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Mr Common Sense. Mr Sense had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing [...]
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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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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Just because we can send an email doesn’t mean we should! Here’s an example – The planning team of a large institution often work on large collaborative projects. This often requires input from all members. They had been in the habit of sending emails to all members of the team for input and contributions. [...]
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A very large international IT company asked for a course on ‘How to run effective meetings’. It was the weirdest session I’ve ever run; a brilliant example of how not to run meetings. The trouble was, the CEO had a different work ethic to the rest of the company. She’d been sent to Australia from the States to [...]
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Ever noticed that if you focus on a strong desire something relevant almost always happens? (Time-saving tip – be clear on your objectives and you’re more likely to get them!) On a professional trip to Singapore I’d woken up in the beautiful Grand Waterfront Copthorne hotel thinking, ‘I want to learn something new so I [...]
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Work/life balance is more than just a concept. But I know as well as any how hard it can be to fulfill the “life” side of the equation when work commitments have you in the office until all hours. There is something you can do about it though. When you take on a new job, [...]
How often do you hear people say, ‘I’ve left so many messages (or sent so many emails) for ….. and he doesn’t reply. He’s so slack!’ Perhaps you’re trying to get a response in a medium that doesn’t work for that person. Is the person you’re trying to reach auditory (likes to hear), auditory digital [...]
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As we get close to the end of this small series of delegation tips I’m going to let you in on what I commonly call The Killer Question - ”do you understand?” Get this phrase out of your vocabulary! It is such a closed question and leaves the listener to only answer with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Only [...]