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Be More Productive By Understanding How You See The World
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Loading ...Thanks to a post on Galba Bright’s Tune up your EQ blog, which mentions my post on humour in business, I am finally writing a long overdue post. Hopefully this doesn’t get too circular! Galba points to a video that appeared on Seth’s blog: Take thirty seconds to watch the video now…Hopefully you are suitably [...]
Where Are You Going? Vision, Mission and Values – Part IV – Values
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I remember my first trip to Sweden. As I was driven from the airport to Stockholm, I remember seeing these really tall, bright posts in the ground on either side of the road. I wasn’t sure what they were all about. Some months later, I returned. With the snow falling fast, and already so thick [...]
E-mail 2.0
(click and rate it) Loading ...How are we doing with email? How did we do without it? Or would we be better off without it. A number of things have put e-mail at the top of the discussion list in recent weeks, from blogs to national TV. The BBC’s Money programme covered the topic last friday (March the 7th – [...]
Where Are You Going? Vision, Mission and Values – Part III – Mission
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Following on from Part I and Part II – Vision, what is the mission statement? The mission statement springs out of a clear vision statement. It plots the course towards the vision, describing the nature of what has to be done to get to there. It should address at least medium turn. A mission statement [...]
Where Are You Going? Vision, Mission and Values – Part II – Vision
(Click and rate it!) Loading ...There are a number of different ways to arrive at a mission statement. I’ve always found the easiest first step is to clarify your vision. Where is it that you plan to go? As well as being one of Covey’s seven habits, beginning with the end in mind is the basis for all good planning. [...]
Mission Vision and Value – On Purpose
(Click and rate it!) Loading ...Kate of Blog to Discovery and Stephen of HD BizBlog started this one off. Stephen and I exchanged emails and though this would be a great carnival topic to raise awareness and provoke some more discussion and debate, and I am 26 minutes late with my post! Most companies have a vision and mission statement, [...]
7 Common E-mail Mistakes and How Not To Make Them
(Click and rate it!) Loading ...A heavy e-mail week has lead to this post! It is finally time to write up the most common e-mail mistakes, and how not to make them, with special thanks to Chris Butler and his post on e-mail etiquette, via Twitter. These are my own experiences, add your own to the comments. Not putting a [...]
