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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Company
The start of a new year is a popular time to reflect back and make plans for the years to come. People often celebrate this time of year by planning out their New Year’s resolutions, and your company might well wish to emulate this. Businesses too often only look at the budgets, sales forecasts, and other financial considerations.
Read MorePosted by Kevin Senior on 28 November 2017Eliminating the Office Dead Weight
You may like to think that your office is working like a well-oiled machine and maybe it is. On the other hand, you might have an employee or two (or more) who might not be pulling his or her weight. It can be difficult to determine if there is an actual problem with someone’s work performance or not. Here is help for identifying employees so you can address their performance.
Read MorePosted by Kevin Senior on 17 October 20174 Hacks for Speeding Your Company’s Team Projects
Team projects are an important part of many businesses. Often multiple people with different expertise are necessary to bring a project to the best conclusion. Unfortunately, the larger the scale of a project, the more potential there is for it to experience delays. Procrastination may not be the problem, it may just be that employees are diverted due to more imminent deadlines.
Read MorePosted by Kevin Senior on 10 October 2017Productivity and You – How To Get The Focus You Need
Whether you are working remotely or in an office, there are always times when productivity is low. Be it because the tasks in front of you are boring or because your energy is low and you just don’t have the inspiration you need.
Read MorePosted by Kevin Senior on 20 September 20176 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 Kevin Senior on 5 September 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 Kevin Senior on 1 August 2017Cloud Collaboration Software: Maximise Efficiency by Working Together
It’s no secret that two heads are better than one, and with collaboration software you can put the best minds in your business together. Online collaboration software helps you maximise efficiency with instant communication and a variety of streamlined processes.
Read MorePosted by Kevin Senior on 28 March 2017Worker Productivity – Gone in 60 Seconds!
Tired of waiting for files to load? You are not alone. A recent survey of 2,000 Brits found that most workers lose patience after less than 60 seconds of waiting for slow technology. This results in lost productivity since impatience causes many workers wonder off, lose track of what they were doing or otherwise take a break from what they were working on. This bogs down productivity and can create project management nightmares.
Read MorePosted by Kevin Senior on 21 February 2017Creating a Productive Workplace with Alternative Incentives
Your business wishes to provide the best service or products to its customers. The best way to go about doing this is to ensure that your employees are working at an optimal level.
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