During my assertiveness training day I have various catch-phrases, or mantras, and I hope that people will pick up on at least one of them and keep it in mind when they are dealing with difficult situations. Here is a list of all of the ones that I personally use (with brief explanations) “Nobody can […]
The problem of the murky depths
Imagine your jobs to do list looked like this: (A mixture of urgent (no. 2) and not urgent, important (no. 7) and not important) I’ve put them in an approximate order of doing, just as an example. Burst pipe Mum visiting in 2 hours and we’re out of milk Overdue electricity bill Renew car insurance […]
“Is your course CPD-accredited?”
“Can I use your course towards my CPD?” This used to be an easy question to answer, but it’s become a bit more tricky now. Here’s why: In the UK at least, and maybe in the States as well I’m not sure, there are three types of CPD acceptance of training courses: What I call […]
Tenders and Bids – ragged edges!
I’ve written elsewhere about what a bad system I think tendering is. You pay more, because suppliers have to add their bid-writing costs to their bids, and not just once but to cover all the ones they don’t win. And you can’t really judge a supplier by their tender, it’s just a glossy document. And often the procurement […]
This is why you will HAVE to delegate
I don’t like delegating – I fear they won’t do it as well as me, or that the explaining and the monitoring will take longer than just doing it. But of course I know I’m wrong, and on the rare occasions when I do delegate it feels great – they do a BETTER job than […]
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