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How to run effective meetings

How to run effective meetings

Effective meetings don’t seem to happen very often. Or is it just me. Sad as this is, but many companies still run wholly ineffective meetings. If you’re not happy with how you run meetings, or you want to run meeting that make people go “wow” (and yes, I’

Self publishing a book - 9 lessons learned

Self publishing a book - 9 lessons learned

Self publishing a book on Amazon is an amazing experience. Sure, it’s daunting, but it’s also a brilliant personal challenge that can really give you insights into yourself, your process and your audience. I loved publishing my books and have plenty more in the pipeline. My first adventures

The Rule of 150 - Dunbars Number and business growth

The Rule of 150 - Dunbars Number and business growth

The Rule of 150, or Dunbar’s Number is a suggestion that there is an upper limit to the number of connections humans can make before communication and relationships break down. As a company scales and grows it becomes increasingly tricky to maintain good communication and connections between people and

With a wider awareness, you will be surprised less often

With a wider awareness, you will be surprised less often

With a wider awareness of what’s going on in your business, you will be surprised less often. One of the first things I do in any new role is study, with the goal of building my awareness. Who does what? Who is helpful? Who is not helpful? How does

Managing remote employees - 10 superb ideas

Managing remote employees - 10 superb ideas

Managing remote employees is becoming commonplace for many managers, especially after the last few years. I’ve been managing remote employees for years after we embraced remote work nearly a decade ago. After all, we could either hire the best people within communiting distance to the office, or hire the

Breaking Rules - The fastest checkout operator in the West (Of Sheffield)

Breaking Rules - The fastest checkout operator in the West (Of Sheffield)

Breaking Rules is not really in my DNA, yet there are some rules around our work that make no sense at all. There are plenty that do, regarding laws, decency, fair treatment and the like, but often there are rules about how work should work, that have no obvious reason

Initiate Change In An Organisation - 10 positive ways to do it

Initiate Change In An Organisation - 10 positive ways to do it

I get lots of questions from people who want to initiate change in an organisation. Here are 10 ideas to start playing with to start nudging the business in the right direction. And usually it takes time. Lots of time. And it’s always painful – at least in my experience