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Why do we Procrastinate? ......Well, I’ll tell you tomorrow!!
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Why do we Procrastinate? ......Well, I’ll tell you tomorrow!!

Procrastination is a problem for the sufferer, it’s a problem for business and it can ruin cohesive team work. It is a universal problem in businesses of all sizes and yet we rarely discuss it. "Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” Napoleon Hill I was surprised when reading an article in Psychology Today, to find it claiming that around 20 percent of people chronically avoid putting their heads...

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The last behavioral style -
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The last behavioral style - "c"

We now reach the final style - because this one is last, it does not mean "c" is worse or of lesser importance than any other style - we follow the clockwise convention as we move around the quadrants. The "c" is complaint.  This style is driven by the need to have facts and details and...

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What star wars character are you my padawan?
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What star wars character are you my padawan?

Following on from Wendy Huang's article "I am Johnny Depp - what Myer Briggs Celebrity are you?", I came across this MBTI chart that fans of Star Wars are sure to love. I'm not convinced with the validity of the results of course.  I've always liked Obi-wan and apparently I'm either Qui-Go or...

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5 Tips to Motivate Your Staff During COVID-19
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5 Tips to Motivate Your Staff During COVID-19

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Employees Are There to Make You Money - Thousands of Dollars In Fact

We sometimes forget this. The only reason I have a team of people is because I think I will make money out of the team. We also have a team because we think they will do the job we want them to do. Yes over the years your team will become your friends and I actually have a lot of time for my team....

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How to Monitor the Performance of Virtual Staff

A virtual assistant (VA) can greatly improve your productivity and, at the same time, give you more opportunities to focus on business and personal activities you enjoy the most. But how can you tell that a VA is indeed working for you? Unlike regular employees, you cannot exactly tell your VA to...

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Can you
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Can you "MAKE" your team CARE about their job?

Just as you can't force someone to love you, you can't "make" someone love their job. But you CAN create an environment wherein they will want to engage with their work and care about what they do, by fulfilling a few key human needs, These human needs are to: be valued as an individual make a difference connect with others and a bigger picture By fulfilling these core human needs you can create an environment where they can choose to be engaged with their work....

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Biometric Time Clocks Stop Buddy Punching
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Biometric Time Clocks Stop Buddy Punching

Buddy Punching is an expression of the admirable Australian "be there for your mate" spirit that is common in the Australian workforce. It involves workers "clocking on" an absent workmate to a manual card time clock. While this is evidence of great workplace moral and team spirit, it can have a...

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a High Performing Team Online
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The Ultimate Guide to Building a High Performing Team Online

While building a purely remote team, there are a few obstacles you need to think about beforehand.  What is the key to a high performing online team? What should you do as a remote team leader? Indeed, you need to have great working hardware and software in order to work and manage your...

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What's Missing From Your Job Descriptions?

Some thoughts on the link between Job Descriptions and Systems. There can be little argument that a systems’ driven (small) business is essential to allow an enterprise not only to grow beyond its dependence on the owner/founder but also to grow into a ‘real’ business and not just a job. If you...

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What to do when your best employee resigns?
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What to do when your best employee resigns?

Your week is going well. In fact all in the business seems to be going well when your best employee walks in, and says ‘have you got a minute’ and then drops the bombshell. They are resigning. They slide the crisply printed A4 sheet of paper, with a few sentences of standard clinches including...

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Getting the most from a conference
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Getting the most from a conference

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The way employment is managed has evolved

Employment management has evolved rapidly in the past few years. Its changed so much in fact that what you think you know about how to manage employment is probably already wrong. The old approach to managing employment required each business to invent its own HR resources, employment practices...

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DISC profiles: Influencers (I) - the second style

Achieving a harmonious productive workforce is not an accident and there are a few easy steps we can take to make it a reality. In this article, I continue to explore the four fundamental behavioral styles and learn how to spot them and where the styles are most suited. There are four styles,...

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Staff Management Within The Mining Industry
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Staff Management Within The Mining Industry

Staff management is very central to the progress of any industry. This is because apart from the investments, the machines, personnel and other factors in the industry, management plays a big role to the success of an industry. Management is the co-coordinating and the organizing force that gets all the other elements in the industry or establishment moving and working in harmony. This moving or rather progress and working together in harmony will at the end of the day come out as the success...

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How to develop great staff to build your business
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How to develop great staff to build your business

6 ways to develop awesome staff through coaching “Driven, enthusiastic team members will be your best asset.” - Richard Branson Ask any successful entrepreneur about the key foundation on which they built their business and great people will always be at the top of the list. Having great...

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Why you should send your workers home
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Why you should send your workers home

 It’s a beautiful 30 degree day in sunny Melbourne, and I’m enjoying the light breeze out on my back deck while I tap away on my laptop writing this blog.  Work life balance is an important practice at Psylutions, and as part of that we try to have one day a week where we work from home.  And no,...

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Avoiding being the meat in the sandwich between time-paid people and value paying clients
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Avoiding being the meat in the sandwich between time-paid people and value paying clients

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Avoiding Conflict? How To Do It The Best Way

Conflict and difficult discussions are part of everyday life. We want to get our own way – but we don’t want to have to fight in order to achieve it. And when the opponent is someone senior or who has influence over your role at work – how can you avoid destructive conflict, but still get your...

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The First Behavioural Style - D - Does Not Stand For Detail

Just as society is like a tapestry woven from different types of people, so are our business environments.   The differences between the types of people on our staff, four customer base and in other stakeholder groups, means that knowing how to effectively communicate with as many as possible is a...

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