I get quite agitated when I read about a police investigation (as you do) and the force concerned claims that it has cost them £1,800 or some other ridiculously low sum. Because it’s blatantly obvious that it hasn’t cost them that. £1,800 is what they spent on car parking and lunches. The actual investigation has cost them more like half a million. They just haven’t factored in the cost of their people’s time. And that’s a mistake.
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Be realistic: Things won’t calm down soon
As we come under greater pressure to achieve more with less, our workloads increase and our to-do lists get longer. Under such circumstances, it’s common for us to put everything else to one side, so that we can focus on the more urgent tasks. It’s a temporary situation, we tell ourselves. Things will calm down soon and we’ll get everything back on track. But we’re wrong.
Continue reading “Be realistic: Things won’t calm down soon”One simple way to make a positive impression
I had a call first thing this morning with the Chief Executive of one of my clients to get his input into a project I’m working on. We had a great discussion and, as we approached the end of our scheduled session, I thanked him for taking the time to speak with me and wished him a pleasant rest of the day. His response surprised me.
Continue reading “One simple way to make a positive impression”The truth about prioritisation
It’s a sad fact of life that, as mere mortals, we’re distressingly unable to control the passage of time. We can try all the tricks in the book, but the seconds just keep ticking by. Yet while we can’t control time, we do have complete control over how we spend it. The key is to choose carefully what we do and how we do it. The key is to prioritise. Continue reading “The truth about prioritisation”