If you didn't find what you were looking for, try a new search!
I have just finished another Toolkit. It is called “How to write a finance report that people read and leads to a “Yes” – Guidelines, rules, and one page E-templates to get your report over the line. This is an extract from it.
There is a healthy and unhealthy way of reporting progress. I’ll never forget the […]
I have just finished another Toolkit. It is called “How to write a finance report that people read and leads to a “Yes” – Guidelines, rules, and one page E-templates to get your report over the line. This is an extract from it.
1. First get time smart – to free up more quality time
You will never be successful […]
Get smart with your time -time management techniques to adopt
You will never be successful if you do not devote your best self to the report. That means adopting time management techniques and controlling that beast the email.
The rocks, pebbles and sand lesson on time management
A philosophy professor is lecturing to his students. He brought out an […]
1.1. Where was the training in report writing?
The most damning thing in this whole area is how random the training is. Report writers bring knowledge from their previous organisations and before long you have a potpourri of reporting styles that arrive on the executives’ desks.
I have worked for four major multinationals and none of them […]
Reader: this is an extract from my book “Don’t say I didn’t tell you – life lessons from a loving father to his millennial daughters”
I went to a funeral and one of the lessons that came from the eulogies was that an interesting and colourful life of challenging oneself to improve, may not provide for […]
We will face tough times in our lives , sometimes sharing the burden with nearby loved ones and sometimes handling it seemingly alone. These times include:
A separation from a life partner
Death of a family member or close friend
Being a victim of abuse
Receiving a permanent disability from an accident or from a health […]
In your working life you will, unfortunately, be exposed to situations where your integrity will be challenged. It can happen very easily in situations such as:
Selling a product or service to a person or entity who does not need it
Having an affair of the heart, when you or they have a long term […]
Translated it means “life’s purpose”. It is a holistic, altruistic way to see more meaning in your life. Ikigai is also about finding joy, fulfilment, and balance in the daily routines of life. In other words, it is a guiding force.
The Japanese island of Okinawa, where Ikigai has its origins, is said to be home […]
Mark Twain once said that if you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, you know that the rest of your day will be better because the worst is behind you. After all, you’ve already eaten a frog, what’s the worst that could happen?
Far too often we dread a task (Mark Twain’s frog), […]
My father, changed his career in his thirties, moving from a clerk of the court to train as a lawyer. He had a full working day, four children under seven and a requirement to take seven exams which had to be passed each year. Failing one exam meant a resit of all seven. As he […]
Recent Comments