How To Simplify Your Busy Life
8 March 2016Is it just my noticing, or are you also seeing an increasing commentary and focus on decluttering and simplifying? It’s not just things: it could be activities or even people. Can You Reduce Driving Time? I had a big wake-up call a few weeks ago while chatting to my friend Elizabeth Jeffries over coffee. She […]
‘I Never Seem To Get To The Big Jobs!’
1 March 2016Like many beginning business owners, Derek was feeling overwhelmed. As you’ll know if you’ve ever started a business, there are so many details to handle. His question to me: ‘I know there are some key tasks that, if I get started on them, will make a long-term difference. But there are so many immediate tasks […]
Delegation Is Not A One-Stage Process
11 February 2016Ben is a mid-level manager with a team of four, all relatively new in their positions. ‘They need less help than last year, but I still get quite a lot of interruptions asking for things that I think they could have done a bit more work on. It seems they rely on me quite a […]
Robyn Pearce: Keys to Effective Delegation
28 November 2015Last week I told you about Simon and how he was always interrupted. His company perceived him to be poor at delegation, hence my involvement. We identified that he was too available and last week I gave you some solutions for this common business ailment. READ MORE: • Robyn Pearce: Are you too available? • […]
How to Control Your Inbox – Use Rules
12 November 2015As I work with people around the world on their productivity issues, everyone shares one common challenge – too much time spent on email. One really simple strategy can make a huge difference, and yet hardly anyone uses it. When correctly set up, Rules save you filing time, make it far easier to keep your […]
Are You Too Available?
11 November 2015‘Simon, what’s your biggest challenge?’ I asked. He was having a follow-up coaching session after a half-day’s training. ‘I think I’d call it delegation,’ he replied. ‘I seem to be interrupted all day long with team members wanting help. I don’t want to send them away – I know we have to be available for […]
Some Strategies to Manage Overwhelm
21 October 2015Martin was a delegate at a conference. We’d been talking about daily planning and ‘to do’ lists. This is what he shared: “Robyn, you gave us some great advice about writing a list of all the things to do for the day, identifying just the top five, and working on them. The action […]
Friendliness and generosity pay
30 September 2015This time my contribution isn’t really about time management, although the ‘takeaway points’ apply to all businesses. Instead, I just have to tell you about some exceptional service. I’ve just finished three weeks of very busy work in the UK, staying at a number of different hotels, many of them once large heritage homes now […]
Practical Tips to Streamline your Business
8 September 2015My WebTalkRadio podcast this week is with Allie Egginton, who has over 20 years of experience in organisation and system implementation/training working with a variety of businesses; including a national financial service provider, various charities, accounting practices and training companies. Some people have a natural ability to not only see the way a business can […]
Working At A Stand-Up Desk Will Get Your Better and Faster Results
20 May 2014As I walked around the offices of one of my long-standing legal clients a few weeks ago I noticed some of the senior associates and partners had stand-up desks for a portion of their work, including computer work in some cases. Then last week, when I interviewed my friend and professional organiser Mary Pankiewicz of […]