I was the speaker at a sales conference in Joberg last week, a speech that focuses the listener on how to make time to meet more clients and close more deals. It was only in the ensuing Q&A session that the topic of quitting mail emerged. “So how do I get my team to quit…
An article on BBC News – Could work emails be banned after 6pm? had me quivering with excitement as an attempt to help technology addicts ‘switch off’. In short, Tom de Castella reports that ‘France has brought in rules to protect employees from work email disturbing them outside of office hours.’ Essentially affecting about a million digital and…
There is a lot of talk about robots at present. They’re made out to be rather villainous characters whose greatest desire is to rule the human race, annihilate earth and leave us mere mortals with no work whatsoever. The future looks bleak when I eavesdrop on the ongoing conversation in online spaces and on conference…
While it might be of value to meet, it’s only the super high value meetings, the ones that contribute directly to your company’s bottom line and your well-being that should happen first thing in the morning. If those aren’t your meetings, then rather schedule them for late morning or better yet, later in the afternoon.…
I’m struck by an early recollection of myself: heavy full fringe, two long low ponytails hanging over my school blazer-covered shoulders while I sit on a hard, cold wooden school bench looking up. My big blue eyes meet those of the teacher. In my seven-year-old mind, she’s a hero, mentor and God and she says, “Do…
