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18 Jan

The change project’s most treacherous word


Datum: 2012-01-18 10:15

There is a word which is sometimes deceivingly tempting to use. There we are at the management conference we have every six months to set the course for the six months to come. It is at the end of the day and we are quite drained after a full day of discussions. The word starts emerging in everyone’s mind, and before you know it, someone says it ...

30 Nov

What is the status of your structure?


Datum: 2011-11-30 11:00

If you sense that you need to make improvements in your personal structure, there is only one way to get started. Perform a ...

16 Nov

How often should you check your e-mail?


Datum: 2011-11-16 11:00

A question I frequently get when I am out lecturing is how often you should go through your e-mail. My guess is that what makes this such a common question is that ...

02 Nov

How you get all the information you need right away


Datum: 2011-11-02 11:00

Have you ever experienced that you have been asked or assigned to do something, but later on it turns out that you and whoever made the request had a different view of how the task or service was to be performed. And perhaps ...

02 Nov

Do you put obstacles in your own way?


Datum: 2011-11-02 10:59

Do you have a feeling that you actually strain yourself more than necessary? Do you have more to do than you are in fact comfortable with? Do you have things you would like to do, but never seem to have time for? OK. Then it appears as if you might ...

26 Oct

Five things or five minutes


Datum: 2011-10-26 12:00

There are numerous ways in which to handle the moments when we feel overwhelmed with work.

The problem might be that ...

19 Oct

Get straight to it!


Datum: 2011-10-19 12:00

Once upon a time there was a young man (and that young man was me) who was about to introduce a rather radical idea to a potential partner, who in this case was a slightly older man.

Me and my colleague were attempting to ...

03 Oct

When things don’t turn out the way you had in mind


Datum: 2011-10-03 12:00

With all certainty, you have experienced that something didn’t turn out quite the way you had expected it to. How to deal with the situation may differ, but what can, and should, remain constant is a positive and open approach to the whole scenario. There are two words whick sum this approach to improvisation up. Open the blog-post to find out ...

28 Sep

Six ways to keep all current projects in motion


Datum: 2011-09-28 12:00

Of all the things you have to do, some can be done in one go (classic to-do-tasks), while other things need to be regarded as larger projects.These projects can be long, large and extensive with numerous different activities, but they might as well ...

14 Sep

“I read, therefore I am doing something”


Datum: 2011-09-14 15:45

Do you have a reading-pile? A pile for what you are going to read? If you do, when you look at it, what do you feel? Do you long for when you ...

07 Sep

What you need to do when everyone is at your sleeve


Datum: 2011-09-07 15:43

When you are receiving more emails than you would like, when you feel that your colleagues are constantly disturbing you, when you can’t get many feet outside of your office-door before someone stops you to ask for something – then this might be due to ...

31 Aug

Do something else!


Datum: 2011-08-31 12:30

I am sure you have experienced hindrances in what you do in some way, shape or form. For instance, you have been kept waiting for someone to return before you can resume working or you have been kept on hold in some other way which has frustrated you. But, you can avoid this awful frustration altogether if you take matters into your own hands and instead make use of the situation being what it is ...

24 Aug

Let's shake things up again, but first...


Datum: 2011-08-24 11:38

If you are like me, the summer vacation works as a cleansing bath for the thoughts regarding your job. If so, just like me, you think more clearly about your job after ...

22 Jun

Do you have an overflowing inbox when returning from the vacation?


Datum: 2011-06-22 15:33

Have you experienced returning to the office after a few weeks holiday only to find that the e-mail inbox is virtually overflowing with hundreds of unread e-mails?
“Welcome back!”

Wouldn’t you agree that this does not exactly give you the best feeling upon your return? ...

15 Jun

What the furniture dealer does not want you to know


Datum: 2011-06-15 16:32

Even if you establish a thoroughly thought through system for your good-to-have material (also referred to as reference-material), it will most likely evolve and grow over time. The more material you have, the more ...

25 May

An hour here, an hour there


Datum: 2011-05-25 12:45

As you might be aware of, there is a method for how to correctly prioritize when categorizing tasks that you have to do by considering ...

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