As an entrepreneur, NED or CEO, your life is constantly busy! With so much on your plate, it’s understandable that focus and productivity are key to getting everything done. But is working longer hours the only solution - or is there a better way to stay on track and...
Fear is something we all experience, at different stages of our working life. For me, being asked to host a workshop at a Women in Business Conference that’s coming up in May, has bought up those familiar feelings of fear. But in the spirit of essential business...
Listening skills aren’t developed just from learning how to listen better. Your body language, mindset and general manners all come into play. Therefore, if you want to learn how to become a better listener, you need to work on several areas. Here’s ten everyday...
“We don’t have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it” – Erik Qualman Businesses large and small are harnessing the power that an active social media presence can bring. But, with social media relatively new to the marketing party,...
A motivated team is an inspired and productive team. However, not all managers know how to effectively motivate a team to do well. For some, motivation looks more like dictatorship, whilst others lock themselves away, in the hopes that a team left to their own devices...
Personality plays an important part in the initial creation and ongoing capabilities of a team. Both new and existing teams need a good mix of different team members, if they’re to work well together. Most of the teams that fail, do so because personality differences...
Trust, it isn’t something that is immediately present, when you first hire a Personal Assistant. However, it IS a crucial component in the business relationship between an Executive and their Personal Assistant. But how can you build trust with a Personal Assistant -...
Listening is a key skill to learn, if you want to be a better leader. However, although many of us think we are great listeners, in reality many of us need to learn how to listen more effectively. One of the biggest listening-related misconceptions is that any...
