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 a [...]
I know this delegation tip might seem pretty obvious, but sometimes even the best of us miss the obvious (including me!) Today I want to encourage you to set sensible deadlines when you are delegating, communicate them clearly, and give your staff the chance to say whether they can perform to that deadline.
Your employees will love knowing [...]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Here it is folks – the announcement you’ve been waiting for!
Today I am going to reveal to you an amazing opportunity
that will help you make 2010 the BEST year yet!
We have been drilling down into the Art of Delegation recently and there is still so much more to say. Don’t worry, I am going to [...]
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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jedd2FiZTqM
All I’m going to say about this post is – take a moment from your busyness and watch this short clip. No explanation required.
I found myself sitting at my screen laughing out loud!
Robyn