Our MBA course convenor Dr Warrick Long recommends a tool that will reduce hour-long meetings by half.
Do More But Do It Quicker
Wednesday, September 26, 2018If you have been working for any length of time, you will agree with me that we are being required to do more in less time. And leaders and managers are particularly susceptible to this due to the huge amount of additional information they have access to and the more …
Less Days and More Productivity? Can’t be Done! Or Can it?
Wednesday, August 15, 2018As an employee, the idea of working four days and being paid for five sounds great! Having been an employer, that idea sends shivers down my spine. Even though research suggests that people can only concentrate for 4-5 hours in one sitting, and in the UK a survey of employees …
Great Performers Make Their Personal Lives a Priority
Sunday, November 20, 2016The great dilemma for most people striving for success is to balance their personal lives with their careers, so that neither suffers. How difficult that can be is represented by numerous broken relationships and unrealised dreams. In a very recent post on the Harvard Business Review site, Stew Friedman explores …
Multitasking Doesn’t Work!
Sunday, October 23, 2016I have met a lot of people in life who have been very proud and vocal about their ability to multitask, notwithstanding I am a male and supposedly have diminished multitasking abilities. However, a recent article from Andrew Medal in the Entrepreneur blog (find it here) suggests multitasking is not …
Managing Up
Sunday, October 9, 2016There is plenty of advice out there on how to lead and manage teams, and we at ABS have presented many of these. However, in a recent Business News Daily blog Nicole Fallen Taylor writes about a different perspective to managing – managing your boss, or managing up. You can …