A Simple Tip For Over-Loaded Young Parents
11 April 2017Now my latest book, ‘Getting a Grip on Parenting Time: 86 commonsense lessons from the trenches’ is out, I’m getting regular requests to run time management seminars for young parents. The most recent one was a Zonta-sponsored one at Mangawhai Heads, an hour or so north of Auckland last Tuesday, in the midst of the worst […]
How a CEO With a Seriously Messy Office Got Her Mojo Back
28 February 2017At the conclusion of a day’s time management training for Suzanne and her staff of 20, although we’d achieved a lot, she asked for more assistance. ‘Robyn, can you come and help me sort out my office. I don’t know where to start. It’s so bad that I get a pressure headache when I walk […]
Save Thousands of Dollars by Reducing Meeting Time
31 January 2017Most of us are getting back into work after a long break and watching our schedules start to fill up again with meetings. Are you wishing you could reduce some of them? Whether you’re in a small home-based business or part of a large multinational, you’ll probably find that time is far too easily gobbled […]
How To Keep That Holiday Feeling For Longer
20 January 2017Here are some practical steps to help you sustain your holiday joie de vivre past the first few hours back at work! Step 1: Lock in ‘time out’ – every week Recharge and personal time is too important to leave to chance – it needs to be planned for. If you consistently plan your […]
Alternatives To The French ‘No Email After Hours’ Legislation
10 January 2017New French legislation is forcing companies with greater than 50 employees to negotiate with their staff about after-hours email usage. Is email usage just the responsibility of your employer, or are you part of the problem? The French are using legislation to try and reverse the trend. But is law the only way to do this? Personally, […]
The Best Little Taxi Company In New Zealand
13 December 2016Taxis are taxis, at the end of the day – or could they be something else? I’d been visiting my elderly aunt at the new Possum Bourne Ryman Retirement Village in Pukekohe when a bright lime green pamphlet about White Rose Cars [ www.whiterosecars.co.nz ] transport service was dropped in her letterbox. I’d also seen […]
Top Project Manager’s Advice on Wasted Meeting Time
7 December 2016Dr James Brown is a world-class project manager who spent many years with NASA. Much of his time there involved working on the space shuttle programme. I had the good fortune to meet him some years ago at an American conference and was delighted to reconnect in Auckland a couple of months ago. He was […]
Co-Working is Changing the Face of NZ Business
16 November 2016My recent article International innovation in co-working spaces looked at international trends in shared collaborative workspaces. What does our local market provide in the co-working space, you might have wondered. I’m pleased to report that there are some very smart, effective young Kiwi entrepreneurs doing a brilliant job in the same field, and growing fast. […]
How To Prevent Injuries, Starting At A Very Young Age
2 November 2016Although my work is normally in the corporate world, many of my clients are also parents, so my next book (almost finished and due for release very soon) is Getting A Grip On Parenting Time: 86 Commonsense Lessons from the Trenches. The research for it, apart from my own ‘in the trenches with 6 kids […]
Work Anywhere with Agility to Achieve Faster Results with Greater Profit
27 October 2016At a business breakfast a earlier this year I had the good fortune to meet Peter Vile, the CEO of Augen, a bespoke custom software development house. I was fascinated to find that Peter’s firm is spread between New Zealand and Vietnam. There are many benefits of doing business in two countries, and it’s a […]