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6 Steps to Combat Procrastination
We all know the feeling of having too much to do, with too little time to do it. A looming deadline, where if work had been planned and executed perfectly, it would be no problem. But those of us who are prone to procrastination know that this rarely happens. Instead of spending 3 weeks finishing a task, we instead spend 3 nights (the last ones!) doing the same work.
Read MorePosted by Sarah James on 5 September 20177 Signs that You’re a Bad Boss
It’s easy to find articles about the employer/employee relationship. With a few keystrokes and a couple of clicks, you can quickly find information about dealing with difficult employees, encouraging exceptional employees, rewarding hard-working employees, and the best ways to get rid of the worst employees.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Williams-Smith on 15 August 2017Getting Organised
Do you have a ‘to-do’ list? Most of us do. We have a long list of tasks we need to do. Many of us need to delegate tasks to other people too. Back in the day, your whole team would be sitting just outside your office, ready to answer questions about what tasks they were doing and how far they had progressed.
Read MorePosted by Jacqui Hogan on 14 August 20176 Ways to Stop Wasting Time in Meetings
This quote from Dave Barry is several years old, but is just as relevant today as when he wrote it: ‘If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be meetings’.
Read MorePosted by Sarah James on 1 August 2017Recognising the Right Collaboration Software: Part 2
In our previous piece on recognising the online collaboration software you need, we discussed the importance of its intuitiveness and the ability to customise it to suit your team to ensure total adoption throughout the team. We also looked at who might be using it and the need to be able to create and assign permissions for different types of user whether staff, partners or clients.
Read MorePosted by Kurt Johnson on 25 July 2017Would You Recognise the Right Collaboration Tool If You Saw It?
If your organisation already has a method that is working well, it makes sense to find a collaboration tool that will accommodate that method. Why invent the wheel if you have happy, motivated teams that are performing well?
Read MorePosted by Kurt Johnson on 18 July 2017What Does Online Collaboration Really Mean?
Imagine that you’re part of a new product rollout for the next big thing that’s finally going to put your company on the map. Your engineers are in Brighton, your marketing team is in Edinburgh, and most of your design team is all the way in San Francisco.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Williams-Smith on 12 July 2017Delegating to a Virtual Assistant
Once upon a time, your secretary or PA would be sitting just outside your office, ready to run errands, get your tea, collect your dry cleaning etc. She (and it was usually a ‘she’) would manage your diary, do your filing and a million and one different little tasks to free you to do the ‘big stuff’, like strategy and meeting important customers.
Read MorePosted by Jacqui Hogan on 6 July 20173 Tools for Communication that Change Teams & Business
Does your team collaborate on document creation and share dozens of files a day? Do your teams have daily face-to-face meetings? Or do team members make use of the simply-yell-down-the-hall-and-through-the-kitchen method of communication when they need to raise an issue?
Read MorePosted by Franklin Williams-Smith on 4 July 2017Better Teams: Output, Knowledge-Sharing, Communication
As a small business with big ambitions, you’ve recognised the potential for quality and efficiency in the information age. Working with the Glasscubes platform, your business can implement cutting-edge team collaboration software to better manage projects, form teams, utilise resources, and deliver your offering.
Read MorePosted by Sarah James on 27 June 2017 -
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