Use this chart to find the Management Vegetables for the subject you want to learn about: Leadership The Plum of Performance The Coaching Cherries The Carrots of Motivation The Banana of Boredom The Iceberg of Ignorance The Leeks of Leverage Marrow’s Heirarchy of Swedes The Situational Seagull The Freedom Frog The Leadership Tadpole Management The […]
SMART – why I don’t like it
The ultimate management training course cliche – “Has anyone heard of SMART goals?” – oh no, not again…… My first objection is that I’m bored with it. They trot it out every time as if it’s some clever new thing. But I do understand that there are those who haven’t seen it, and maybe it’s […]
The Meeting Marrows – for Chairing and Attending Meetings
MARROW 1 – When Chairing Mention an exciting objective for the meeting at the start Actions – recorded as you go along and summarised at the end Reduce the number of attendees whenever possible = shorter and more decisions Red Herring game to keep people on track – anyone can wave the herring around if needed On […]
The Turnip of Time
An extract from my recent book: Management Vegetables only £3 on kindle! Read it on any phone or tablet using the free kindle app. The Time Management Turnip shows the big picture, from the roots of a solid self-organization system, up through the skills required, to the top level, the objective of time management, […]
Management Vegetables – want a talk?
My Book of Management Vegetables is available! in paper form and on amazon kindle (view on any device using kindle app) – ….and talks based on it are available NOW, as follows: – The Plum of Performance Leadership 10 mins How praise works better than blame The Goals Grapefruit Success / Time Management 10 mins Much […]