Why is your staff ignoring your systems?

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Are your systems being ignored?

Okay – everyone knows a business needs systems.  But what do you do when you have systems and they aren’t being followed?  Or when they are being blatantly ignored?

You go and find out why.  You ask.

There are many reasons why this might be happening.  Here are just seven. Continue reading

Recognize Your Productivity Speed Bumps?

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Can you identify your productivity speed bumps?

When you look at your to do list at the end of the day, how many times do you find that “stuff” got in the way and prevented you from completing tasks you had set yourself?

These are your productivity speed bumps.  See how many of them ring bells for you. There are many ways people diminish their effectiveness, or allow it to be diminished by others. Continue reading

To Manage is to Communicate

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When you manage people in a business, your role is not about bossing or supervising.

It’s about helping them be the best they can be.  When you do that, together with great underpinning systems, you will be a great manager and your business will hum.

Managing is really all about communication.  Here are some classic managing mistakes and solutions to address them. Continue reading

How To Work ON, Not IN, Your Business

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Working ON your business is all very well, but what if you don’t have the time?

As coaches, the most common complaint we hear from people who want to grow their business is: “I know I need to do some work ON my business, but I just don’t have the time.” And believe me, we understand. Continue reading

Procrastination

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Procrastination comes in many forms and few of them serve us well.

Much of the time we will look for other things to do in order to put off doing the things we don’t want to do, but ultimately have to be done.

I recognized my inner procrastinator many years ago when I found myself on my knees, cleaning out the saucepan cupboard, when I should have been writing term reports for 38 nine year olds.

I came up with a few main life rules for dealing with this pest. Continue reading