Dr. Francis Valloor Consultant Clinical Psychologist Exceptional situations like recessions and depressions often replace existing businesses with new ones. A significant number of them fold up while others survive, and a few thrive. And new ones emerge and...
Lowering the height of the dividers in an office can assist communications enormously. Philp O’Callaghan - Managing Director Examcraft - Dublin
Millennials want constant feedback on how well they are progressing. They also want to be connected to the values of the business. Discuss these in groups and get their reactions and give them more of what they like most. Declan Gray - Evolve Design - Dublin
“How do I make my business more efficient?” is a question business owners or CEOs might ask themselves every day. While what constitutes “efficiency” might differ from one industry to the next, generally speaking, an efficient business is one that manufactures (and/or...
Brian Crowley, TAB Ireland, www.TheAlternativeBoard.ie Research has shown that once employees are paid “enough” to meet their needs (defined as “money is no longer a pressing concern”) that further financial rewards will have only a limited motivating effect. This...
To maximise my time during the work day, I return calls only at appointed times - 8:00 am, 11:30 am and 4:00 pm. My voice mail message indicates the times during which calls will be returned. My customers have told me that they like this system as they then know when...
To answer this important question try benchmarking your strategy against the following tests: 1. Do you have a meaningful competitive advantage? Is there something different about your offering v direct competitors, new sources of competition and potential new...
It is our responsibility to determine how we spend our time. Stress related to time pressure is a symptom of poor self management. How you spend your day is a matter of setting priorities, planning and discipline in sticking to your planned schedule. If some...
Delegating (not abdicating) P&L responsibility to your management team gives people ownership and accountability. They will think and behave more like business owners. My service department was spending several hundred euros every couple of months on rag cleaning....
As business owners, most of us wear multiple hats (Chief Everything Officer). Most likely, you don’t want it to always be this way. You need to be able to answer questions such as: where is your organisation today? Where do you want it to be? What is your role in your...
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