Here are eight steps to help you to prepare for a sudden and unexpected threat to your organisation. 1. Stay calm – keep a cool head. Give yourself time to gather your thoughts and to take an objective look at your situation. Take a deep breath – and another! 2. Get your right people in […]
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For over twenty years Alexander Green Interiors have been helping our customers’ businesses grow and succeed. Whether you need an office chair to ease an aching back, an additional work space for a new recruit, or a bespoke office redesign, Alexander Green Office Interiors can help! This month we caught up with Lee Alexander to
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It’s March! How can we put a spring in your business step? You can do a lot worse than treating your business like you might treat yourself. 1. A new wardrobe? You don’t need to change just because of a time of year but I always think that spring is a great time to critically
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The Listing started life back in September 2005 in a time before the internet was widely used, mobiles were solely for texting and calling, and Facebook had yet to be launched beyond Harvard University. There was a big gap for accessible, accurate local information, and The Listing launched as a fresh new community magazine for
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Are you as effective, efficient and productive as you could be? Here are three steps to help you be even better this year! Step 1: Identify Priorities If someone asked you what your job was truly about, what would you say? What is your purpose? If you don’t know what you’re there to do, how
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Here are eight New Year’s resolutions to help you to strike a better work-life balance and increase your business success. 1. Learn to delegate and do more of it You don’t have to do everything yourself. Let someone else do some of the tasks for a change. Delegation is the key to a healthy work-life
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In order to be in control of what you achieve, you must manage your time. For many people however, it seems that there’s just never enough time in the day. How many of the following 15 statements resonate with you? 1. The tasks I work on are the ones with the highest priority 2. I
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With winter comes considerably colder temperatures and darker evenings, potentially putting your beloved pets at higher risk of injury. Here are some top tips to ensure you and your pets are prepared for winter! To keep your pet warm, consider a sweater/coat for them – especially if they are old/elderly or have short hair. If
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I remember listening to a couple of parents bemoaning their offspring’s football team performance: ‘There’s nothing worse than losing!’ commented one mum, and she’s right of course, isn’t she? Well… Not exactly. None of us likes to lose, but I’m going to suggest that to set yourself the personal goal of winning every time is
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I’ve talked about procrastination before; putting things off until later. It’s one of the deadly sins of time management. Many people don’t realise they do it, so here are 10 different procrastinators – how many do you recognise? 1. The Cleaner: ‘Before I start, I’ll put on some laundry and then I might tidy my
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Which country do you come from? To help us understand our fellow humans, motivational speaker, Mark Gungor, imagines that all people came from four very different countries: 1. The country of Control This population just wants to get things done; their favourite vehicle is the bulldozer! They want to be appreciated for what they do.
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We generally think that growth is good – but it may bring with it the need to hire more staff, find bigger premises and upgrade your machinery. But these are all risky investments – so how do you know when the time is right? I can’t make that decision for you – that’s your job
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