Author: Adam Sykes

Updated 17/03/2021 Meetings Have you ever been in a meeting where most of the participants don’t participate? Do many of your meetings seem like an excuse for coffee and croissants? Executives are estimated to spend an average of 23 hours a week in meetings. That is over half a working week. Meetings are not working….

Updated 10/03/2021 Get the Balance Right Taking one day at a time has many advantages in getting things done. There is a danger though of thinking too short term. If you only think of the next day then, there is a good chance work will be missed, not tackled in the best way and not…

Updated 03/03/2021 Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through – Anthony Bourdain How long will it take? One of the most common questions I receive that I always try to avoid answering (generally, I flat-out refuse) is, “How long will it take?”. It may seem like…

Updated 24/02/2021 How many times have you said to yourself that you haven’t got the time? “I haven’t even had two minutes to get that done.” Have you been trying to arrange that meeting for weeks, but keep having to cancel because something has come up? Time Management’s Fatal Flaw Time management is the discipline…

Updated 17/02/2021 With another weekend gone, many of us will have hit the motorway for a drive out somewhere. We all know the types of drivers that inhabit the tarmac roads that facilitate our journeys. We can draw parallels with the many different types of business owners and the way that they drive their business…

Updated 10/02/2021 What gets measured gets improved. – Peter Drucker If you are serious about growing your business, then you can’t throw your precious resources around without knowing their impact on your goals. When you spend money on advertising, you want to know what works and what doesn’t. If you use your resources on getting…

Updated 03/02/2021 Delight your clients It costs five times more to obtain a brand-new client as to retain a current one? Conquering client churn will secure your team stronger success, and with satisfied clients greater inclined to introduce your company to additional clients, it is win-win. Keep your customers in the picture with work status….

Updated 27/01/2021 Optimise Processes Get the right tasks, to the right people, at the right time. Sync specific jobs with people, who are both available and have the necessary skills. Improve your productivity, by improving your workflows. Cut any unneeded steps, and run processes simultaneously, to reduce the time taken to complete tasks. With workflow…

Updated 20/01/2021 Improving your workflow If you have read our first guide, ‘What is a workflow?’, then you should now know what it is and have your current workflow(s) documented. If not, please have a read of that first, and you will gain more from this guide. So, you should now have a series of…