Making Work Flow!
With spring just around the corner and everything around us beginning to change, I want to share with you a story from my new fitness journey that has inspired the topic for this month’s newsletter.For those of you who don’t know, I decided at the beginning of this year to make my fitness a priority…
Read MoreHappy Valentines month everyone! Whether you celebrate or not, I hope you were able to take just a moment to appreciate those in your life whom you love. I am very blessed to have a wonderful husband who puts up with a lot. Not only have I been away working in Japan this month, but…
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As I prepare to head out to one of my favorite clients next week, I find myself getting predictably more and more stressed out. Making Work Flow is not just about getting the “What” running more smoothly, it’s also about the “How”. And a big piece of the “How” is mental attitude. The closer I…
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When is a team not a team? When they don’t feel like a team. So how do you make sure your team does feel like a team? Make sure you allow time for people to feel like a team before starting your meetings Not in a structured “let’s go around the table” kind of way.…
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The value of leaders These days more than ever, it is easy to get caught up in the whirlwind pace of things that MUST be done. Consequently, this can result in a seemingly endless, breathless game of “whack-a-mole”. If you ask leaders what they think the biggest value they bring is, many will say, “The ability…
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It has been exactly one year since my business model changed to a new normal, literally overnight. I remember the moment it happened vividly. It was 4:30am on a Monday morning, I was just about to leave for the airport when my phone rang. It was my client for that week phoning to say that,…
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I have been playing with brown paper and Post-it notes for the best part of 25 years, and people often ask why I still bother to do this. The answer is simple: because it works. They say, “Can’t we save time by getting someone to do it for us beforehand?” or, “Can’t we get into…
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About three years ago, Vince and I had a conversation that went like this… Him: So, do you fancy building a Turbo Acura Integra (the beast) that can beat a record that has stood for over 80 years? Me: Sure! We had no idea how crazy this would turn out to be. Why do this?…
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