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5 must-have processes you need to work more effectively
Work processes are often talked about in business, but seldom truly understood. However, once you know what a process is, you can ensure you’re using them to help everyone in your business work more effectively, so your business runs more smoothly and to the standards...
How to get your filing system organised & under control
Filing, it’s the one thing that can bring many of us out in a cold sweat! We all hate feeling disorganised, especially when it comes to our filing system. Equally, we want to feel that we have everything under control and know where everything is, so we can easily...
How to declutter and review your systems and processes
Summer can be a quiet period for many businesses. Clients and contacts may be spending time away from their business, making the most of the weather and/or the school summer holidays. Production, orders and even meetings, tend to go quiet during this period. But this...
Easy Stress Management: Learning how to switch off
Stress, unfortunately, is an everyday occurrence for many of us. Learning adequate and easy stress management techniques is paramount, if we want to stay mentally and physically happy at work and home. We’ve all heard that exercise and eating well can help you manage...
5 Daily habits to improve your productivity
Improving our productivity is something we all want to do. We’re often too painfully aware of how little time we have and how much work we need to do in that available time. However, improving your productivity isn’t just about looking at what you do during your time...
How to communicate with a remote team
Communicating with your team used to be simple, as you all worked in the same location. It was simply a case of arranging a meeting and all congregating in the conference room. However, nowadays it’s more common for your team to consist of remote team members, who...
Why multitasking doesn’t work
Multitasking is something we all want to be good at. We see it as a way to get on top of our workloads and to make the most out of our time. After all, we’re short on time, right? However, just because we can multitask our way through our personal and professional...
Outsourcing work: learning to let go
Outsourcing is an area where lots of businesses struggle. Initially, it’s the struggle to find a suitable person to take on the workload. Then there’s the struggle associated with training and ensuring they’re up to the standard you want. But the biggest struggle of...
How to know if you’re ready to outsource
Are you ready to outsource? For many of us, that’s a loaded question. We may feel that we want to outsource, but don’t know if we’re in the best position to outsource, financially and emotionally. Because the decision to outsource isn’t just a business decision – it’s...
What freelance researchers need to know about GDPR
With GDPR just around the corner, it seems many businesses, freelance researchers and data controllers are unprepared for the massive changes that come with this new General Data Protection Regulation. Whereas most businesses saw personal data as someone’s name,...