Huge chunks of time are spent in meetings – professionals are estimated to waste 43% of that time, so this book is dedicated to making them more efficient and effective.  Meetings are important to identify and solve real problems and to provide good consistent and regular communication channels. I really enjoyed the ideas in this book and if meetings are taking over your life, (and you’re not alone) – this book is for you....

  The One Minute Manager Meets The Monkey – Kenneth Blanchard Kenneth Blanchard is well known in business circles as co-author of the best selling ‘One Minute Manager’ series of books. These quick and easy to read books (all around 150 pages) can be found on the bookshelf of any serious self-development book advocate, right alongside Blanchard’s other well known publications, ‘Raving Fans’, ‘Whale Done’ and ‘Gung...

And how is it that Santa always delivers the goods on time…..?? Ever thought about how the man in red brings it all together to make it happen? The North Pole is a hive of activity for 12 months – recruiting, planning, ensuring systems are in place, testing & measuring the toy range and creating the intensive marketing plan! What would happen in the Toy Department if the elves were low on Production & Productivity? Santa...

  Brian Tracy cuts to the core of what is vital to effective time management: decision, discipline, and determination. Eat that Frog! Shows you how to zero in on the critical tasks and organize each day. You’ll not only get more done faster but get the right things done.     Set the Table Decide exactly what you want. Clarity is essential – be clear on what you want and what you have to do to achieve it. The worst use of...

As business owners, we are frequently confronted with the issues of time management – or as I see it, management of ourself to make the most of our time. In order to succeed you need to practice skills to become expert at organizing your life. This week I thought I’d remind you of a few ideas to help you ensure that time is well-spent – and save you many hours in the future, whilst also making you more effective and...

One problem that I find when visiting business owners is that they want to grow their businesses, but have limited time to do so…. and they are trying to do everything themselves. Often the answer is …delegation It is so important in any business to delegate. Learning how and when to delegate is the key to success. Some reasons why people don’t, won’t or can’t delegate are:   They dont have time to figure out...

There is actually no such thing as ‘time management’. You can’t get time back! It’s all about making the best use of the time we all have and managing your days events and activities. You planned to work on a marketing piece for one hour today but that didn’t happen. Neither did organising your office. Forget about that special dinner you planned – take-away here we come! Making those Calls to your leads...