ZEN BOSS AT WORK

What’s your 2.0?

WHAT’S YOUR 2.O ? 2.0 is a habit. 2.0 is growth. 2.0 is success. Software improves. Phones improve Even TV becomes smart TV Companies evolve Products get relaunched and get better Restaurants upgrade menus Apps launch new features What about us ? Do we consciously plan a 2.0 ? a relaunch ? a change ? …

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Its Not you its me

ITS NOT YOU IT’S ME In life and at work, there is one sure fire way to not get what you want. In life and at work, there is one sure fire way to not get what you want. It’s to blame and criticize others. By doing so you provoke a defensive response, ensure the …

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Gandhi’s Habits

GANDHI’S HABITS Are you a busy bee? Here’s how to prioritize on what’s important Mahatma Gandhi, one of my heroes was a man who helped liberate nearly 350mn people from the yoke of slavery and occupation by throwing the British out of India. Unlike the carnage and bloodshed of world war 2, he did this …

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Hug your monsters

HUG YOUR MONSTERS Taming the monsters = Success What do you do when you get up ? What do you do when you get 15-20 minutes between work calls ? What do you do on a weekend morning ? TV, Social Media, Snacking, Browsing the Internet or you simply cannot recall. Quite likely as is …

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Green Meetings

DO YOU HAVE GREEN MEETINGS? Practise green meetings. Schedule them in your diary. You have meetings. Planning meetings. Strategy meetings. Analysis meetings. Review meetings. Numbers. Powerpoints. If you are an acolyte of Bezos you might have replaced powerpoint with word. Meetings have colours Red Meetings are crisis / action meetings. I am sure you have …

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Power Hour

POWER HOUR The first hour of the day can often set the tone for what happens for the rest of the day. The first hour of the day can often set the tone for what happens for the rest of the day. To make everyday a productive, happy and successful one, you can begin the …

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Cut the Organisational Bullshit

CUT THE ORGANISATIONAL BULLSHIT Liberate your work life At work most of us do high quality strategic impactful work – only 10-25% of the time. However we are working hard but often the really vital important projects that will drive business and grow us cannot get enough time. Why is that ? It’s because of …

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Hire the Motivated

HIRE THE MOTIVATED 3 methods to select the best talent The no.1 job of a growth company is recruitment.  Recruitment of the right talent that can drive growth.  Recruitment is hard – as it is often based on a short exposure to the talent. It’s like you are basically asking yourself if a stranger is …

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Do the Work

DO THE WORK Do the work when all else fails   Do the work. Don’t talk about it Do the work. Don’t complain about it Do the work. The work that matters the most Do the work. Do It to the best of your ability Do the work. Focus on the act not its results …

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Go Flight mode

GO FLIGHT MODE Go flight mode, your work will fly. I reached office at 9 pumped with my to do list and got to work. Before I could make the strategy charts that would have really made a difference to the business, I was interrupted by email. Emails to be precise, 56 of them. As …

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