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Your First Day As A Manager
You’ve finally got that promotion and are about to become a manager. Inevitably, you start thinking a lot about what makes a good boss and how you will run your team as a new manager. A key thing to remember…
Communication – Clear, Concise and Consistent
The key to being understood as a manager is good communication. One of your key managerial responsibilities toward your team and company is to use clear communication to get tasks completed. This technique is covered comprehensively in our Line Manager…
Dealing With Team Conflict
Work can be stressful. And sometimes your team is going to have issues. Deadlines and pressure to hit targets can lead to conflict as colleagues vie for position and compete with each other. Stress and tiredness only make things worse. …
Authority And Respect – The Ultimate Guide!
When you think of authority, you probably think about power or respect. While they are both terms that help to define authority, they aren’t exactly the same and don’t cover it. Power is more of a blanket term for influence…
Delegation & Objective Setting – Line Management
There are many skills you will learn as a manager, some you will learn while on training courses that help with the technical aspects of your job, and some though practice and learning from experiences on the job. Take objective…
How To Master Prioritisation
Prioritisation is an effective time management method that will make you realise exactly where you need to focus your attention! List making, as opposed to genuine prioritisation, is a common trap that people fall into when working on their time…
All About Procrastination
Procrastination is one of the biggest issues people have when working. But there are a number of well-understood drivers for procrastination. In this post, I want to look at the issue of self-sabotage. A number of experts believe that for…
Time Management For Projects !
Many of us will recognise this story if we struggle with time management. We have a great idea. Excitedly, we make a start on it with a few manic hours of activity. Things are moving along and looking good. The…
How To Delegate And Make Time For You!
Time management is the art of using your time to best effect. Given that you only have 24 hours per day, the same as everyone else, learning to use your time efficiently and effectively is a key career skill. For…
How To Carry Out A Time Audit
A Time Audit is one of the most underrated techniques for Time Management in modern business. If you don’t know how you spend your time, you can’t know if you’re spending it well or poorly. Time is our most precious…
SMART Goals – Breaking Down Tasks
SMART Goals are a quick and easy way for you to concentrate your ideas and effort into a real goal. They allow you to break a task down and approach it productively at a perfect pace. In general – smart…
3 Quick Tips For Time Management!
In our recent set of posts looking at time management, we’ve looked at ‘big ideas’ like the pomodoro technique, as well as procrastination. These are techniques that you can build a strong time management practice around. You need to work…