Let me explain the aims and objectives of the retreat. I personally take time out every spring/summer to plan the following calendar...

Whilst appreciating that there will be some who have worked during the Christmas and New Year period, many like me will be back to their...

Monday morning and for many of us the last full working week of the year. Over the last month, in almost all of the weekly tracker...

Great clients bring out the best in themselves. Let me share with you an example from yesterday. I met with Neil Harris at HRS Dental...

I broke my own rules over the weekend and decided to work Saturday until such time as I had reached email inbox zero. The perfect...

The photograph you are looking at is the 1944 desk diary used by ElizabethNorman to record her daily “to do” lists. Elizabeth worked in...

There’s an important difference between urgency and impact: Urgency – I need to work more clinical hours so that we can see patients...

There’s a risk in confessing to an audience “I worry sometimes that, when I talk about marketing, I sound like a scratched record”. The...

It has been said that there is no such thing as time management (we all have 24 hours a day) and, therefore, there is only priority...

A lightbulb moment yesterday, whilst in conversation with my business coach, Rachel Turner (by the way, you know you are getting your...

There is something very therapeutic about having a good clear-out. Over the weekend, we vacated the ground floor (lounge and dining room...

I’ve been thinking recently about and observing how teams collaborate. You’ve heard me say many times that “all problems exist in the...

Today I’ll be in splendid isolation in The Barrow Bunker. No client calls, no meetings, no interruptions. My mission by the end of the...

I want to take you back to September 1970. I’m a few days away from my 17th birthday. It’s my first day at my very first full-time paid...

There’s an old joke about newly-weds cooking their first Sunday roast together. At the risk of accusations of political incorrectness,...

A sage once explained that: efficient is doing things right; effective is doing the right things right. There have been times in my life...

There’s a brand new free download in the Resources/Infographics section of my web site this morning – but I’m also including a further...

1. The Dance Over the years I have often been asked “can you fix my team?” and constantly reply with a Steve Covey quote – “if there is a...

Today I’ll be facilitating the second Extreme Business 2018 workshop at the Radisson Blu, Manchester Airport and the 10 practices in...

Here’s today’s blog, somewhat later than usual as I’m in “catch up” mode after working all weekend at The Spring Client Retreat (which...