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Hints for the organisationaly challenged

After years of teaching and coaching in personal effectiveness & time management and feeling guilty when my home office got into a mess, the penny suddenly dropped. All the personal effectiveness and time management courses, including the one I ran, assumed that I wanted to be organised, control my time, plan out my day or week ahead of time and stick to lists and schedules. One day I admitted to myself that I was more interested in “looking organised” than being organised, because of the nature of what I taught. The courses were teaching “how to” presuming that I “wanted to”. I didn’t – it was a real insight. more>>

Don't shoot the staff

A few years ago, Karen Pryor, an animal trainer turned learning consultant, wrote an
intriguing book titled “Don’t Shoot the Dog!” Karen recommends eight methods for getting rid
of unwanted behaviour in pets and people. Shooting the dog is the most drastic and it’s
permanent.
Sometimes it’s a bit the same with our staff when they just don’t seem to care about
performance the way we want them to. If, as managers, we are tired and overworked, our
thoughts may turn briefly to the possibility of firing them. Until we remember those unfair
dismissal laws. We’re caught between a rock and a hard place - too much effort to fire them
and a lot of effort to “retrain” them. more>>

A Passion For Results Blog

We are also now writing regular articles via our blog. Please check the blog for our latest ideas. more>>

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