Get Organised Before It's Too Late

Written by Lorraine Pirihi


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That's right. Everyone tells you how busy and how little time they have, yet most people do nothing to learnrepparttar skills that will have a dramatic impact on their work and personal lives.

You have to plan time to get things done. Do you want to spend more time with your family? Do you know how to plan for it? How much time do you spend working? How much time do you invest in yourself to learn how to be more effective? Are you hoping that one day, work will ease off and then you can spend more time with your family? Do you really need a bigger house, nicer car or overseas holiday? Will that improve your relationships? Do you think that you'll (hopefully) stumble onrepparttar 104140 secrets to getting more time back in your life? If that'srepparttar 104141 way you live your life, your kids will probably be all grown up and not really need you.

Cats inrepparttar 104142 Cradle For those of you old enough to remember, Cat Stevens recorded a song called "Cats inrepparttar 104143 Cradle". It was about a young boy whose Dad was always busy working. He never seemed to be available when his son wanted to be with him. Overrepparttar 104144 years this continued untilrepparttar 104145 boy became an adult. By then his Dad had retired and had time on his hands, however his son had now become too busy to see his Dad. He too was working and had kids. The tables had turned. All of a suddenrepparttar 104146 Dad realised what he had done. He was too busy caught up in his work and missed out on his son growing up.

The Final Word For those of you who have managed to maintain a good balance in your life, congratulations. No doubt you are happier, healthier and more fulfilled. Forrepparttar 104147 rest of you who are unhappy, unhealthy and unfulfilled, then you need to take action if you are serious about wanting to make changes. Do it, because nothing changes if nothing changes!



Lorraine Pirihi, principal of The Office Organiser (http://www.office-organiser.com.au) is Australia's Personal Productivity Coach Lorraine specialises in working with businesspeople showing them how to dramatically boost their productivity, reduce the stress and the mess in their lives and have more time for enjoying their life. Take action today! Contact Lorraine to discuss your specific needs at lorraine@office-organiser.com.au


How CEO's Can Use Axiology To Improve The Bottom Line Part I

Written by John Beaton and Mitch Axelrod


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The profile also provides laser accuracy into how well a candidate "seesrepparttar big picture" and howrepparttar 104139 pieces ofrepparttar 104140 picture fit together to make a whole.

Added insights include measuring ability to use practical thinking andrepparttar 104141 ability to project a goal intorepparttar 104142 future and develop a plan to attain it.

Inrepparttar 104143 second section ofrepparttar 104144 report, Developing a Strategy, Richard gains insights onrepparttar 104145 candidate's ability to plan and managerepparttar 104146 project. This isrepparttar 104147 only tool that provides you with specifics of how each candidate can plan for consequences of actions and decisions, and how he reacts to crises. As a CEO, it's more important than ever for you to know which candidate best knows how to quickly identifyrepparttar 104148 source of a problem andrepparttar 104149 factors relating torepparttar 104150 problem.

You can know which candidate hasrepparttar 104151 best combination of skills to managerepparttar 104152 project and move your company forward if you know who hasrepparttar 104153 ability to come up with alternative solutions for problems and who can controlrepparttar 104154 flow of events.

But it doesn't stop there. You can take an even closer look at your selection of candidates. Inrepparttar 104155 third section ofrepparttar 104156 report you take out your magnifying glass and seerepparttar 104157 management abilities ofrepparttar 104158 candidates.

Utilizing this section ofrepparttar 104159 report, Richard can benchmark each candidate's ability to identify problems and critical issues. You know how well they can determine what needs to be done and whether or not they know how to do it inrepparttar 104160 most effective manner.

Another component ofrepparttar 104161 report tells you if they can determine and understand what is needed to carry out your objectives, whether they are clear about potential problems andrepparttar 104162 abilities of their people to resolve those situations.

The last part of this section provides Richard with a clear picture of which candidates are best equipped to create an efficient process or manage a system that others can follow.

These are a few ofrepparttar 104163 many insights Axiology andrepparttar 104164 Value Profile can provide Richard and other CEO's who want to fulfillrepparttar 104165 vision they have forrepparttar 104166 future of their company.

There's more to come; this isrepparttar 104167 first part of a three part article series. Inrepparttar 104168 second article Richard, our CEO, will discover how he can assessrepparttar 104169 candidates' organizational abilities, inner drive to succeed, and how much of a self-starter each candidate is.

(c) 2004, Team Results Inc. and Axelrod & Associates, All rights in all media reserved. Reprint rights granted so long asrepparttar 104170 article andrepparttar 104171 by-lines are reprinted intact.

The key to increasing the bottom line is by understanding your employee's strengths and weaknesses through the use of Axiology.


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