26 Feb 2020 | Operational Essentials
Time management is not about making lists, even if you categorise them. It is the process of organising, planning and prioritising how you allocate your time between specific activities. It is personal project management. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to...
2 Jan 2020 | Corporate & Social Responsibility
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) involves investing in companies that promote ethical and socially conscious themes including environmental sustainability, social justice, and corporate ethics, and fight against gender and sexual discrimination. The Social...
2 Oct 2019 | Managing Yourself
The words ‘pressure’ and ‘stress’ mean quite different things. Too much pressure on any individual can trigger the onset of stress. To manage stress you need to consider pressure. Pressure Pressure is the sum of all the demands placed on you....
2 Oct 2019 | Developing the Business
Beyond the ‘back of envelope’: This is usually associated with setting up new businesses, business plans now have an acknowledged use and place for new products, new projects, in fact any initiative that requires new investment. Yet often those who hold the purse...
26 Sep 2019 | Operational Essentials
Traditionally, in divisional organisations, the prerogative of entrepreneurship rests with top managers. It is their job to allocate resources; those on the front line are implementers. The divisional structure has also proved ideal for refining the management of...
