Blog tag: time mastery

It’s a common habit to eat lunch at our desks, but this seemingly efficient practice can actually harm your health and productivity. Sitting at your desk for extended periods, especially while consuming food, can expose you to germs and create an unhealthy environment. Moreover, studies indicate that ‘working through’ lunch…

With the upcoming Easter long weekend and May bank holidays, now is a perfect time to consider how well you manage your time and boundaries. It’s great to have all the extra holidays, but for many people, the workload still needs to be managed. Many people find setting and maintaining…

While a lot of us have issues with how others impact our time, it’s often ourselves who can be an even bigger block to getting things done. So, rather than pointing the finger elsewhere, this article is all about taking a look at our own habits when it comes to…

One of the benefits of remote working has been the ability, at least to some extent, to set and protect our personal boundaries. We were able to keep at a distance those intrusions which caused a drain on our time, brought unwelcome criticism or were just downright nosy. If you’ve…

Many of the stressful situations we get ourselves into happen because we don’t have as good a grasp of our time boundaries as we thought – if we’d even considered them at all. As a consequence, interactions with others can end up being frustrating and unfulfilling, and what we really…

For a sector so dependent on the productivity and engagement of its people, the tech sector has always been at the centre of a paradox – technical people aren’t known for being natural people managers. As a tech leader that puts you at disadvantage, especially when there’s a huge amount…

Every leader or business owner wants to see more productivity, but there’s no set formula for achieving it. Productivity comes from a blend of an engaging culture, effective relationships, and being able to manage both time and stress. What’s more, creative people tend to need to be together to collaborate…

Creativity and innovation tend to fuel rapid business growth. Whether it’s ground-breaking design, new technology or a reputation for creative excellence – it can attract an influx of new business and new people. Add entrepreneurial leadership to the mix and things can really fly. The challenge for a leader is…

How do you maintain pace and quality of work, without burning out your staff? It’s a concern expressed by many people we work with in innovative, creative, and high pressured environments. You’ll recognise the scenario… Intense periods of work followed by periods of low quality output when people are stressed…

We’ve all seen emotions displayed at work. As humans, it’s almost impossible to hide our emotions and often they can be a good thing – showing positive emotions at work can be highly motivating and engaging. However, with emotions, there’s a downside too. Emotions can cause disproportionate reactions to events…