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 […]
The Scorpion of Stock
The Scorpion of Stock will sting you when you don’t expect it! Stock is much more harmful than you might expect and here’s why: Storage cost – space heat and light, racks, forklifts Capital tied up in the stock itself Obsolescence – becoming ‘last year’s model’, or there’s a change and suddenly nobody wants it […]
Your brain doesn’t know what’s best for your happiness – it’s often wrong!
Here are 20 things that your brain believes …that are wrong. If I eat more I’ll be happy If I lose weight I’ll be happy If I get drunk frequently I’ll be happy (in fact anything that’s good in small amounts will be eve better in large amounts) I can get away with missing out on […]
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 […]
Christmas present ideas for 2018
Time Management Santa says “Get all your presents bought in November for a low stress xmas” So here is a mixture of things I want and things I have recently bought and really liked – I hope some of them might inspire you if you’re stuck…. (of course, you don’t have to buy them from […]
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