Delegate or Drown

Written by Lorraine Pirihi


Why waste your precious time working on tasks, which are definitely not your forte when you can delegate or invest your money on a product or service which will free up your time? You can then focus onrepparttar more important areas in your work and your life.

Debbie's Story Debbie wasrepparttar 104200 Director of her own computer company, employing four staff.

Debbie had a hectic lifestyle. She worked long hours, had three children and a husband to organise and on top of that was inrepparttar 104201 middle of a major renovation of her own home. To make matters even worse, she was also studying for a Bachelor of Computer Science!

No wonder she was stressed out!

Here was a situation where she had overburdened herself unnecessarily. She had far too much going on in her life and something was about snap!

Debbie was unable to sleep properly with allrepparttar 104202 worry and strain of juggling everything and had neglected her own self inrepparttar 104203 process.

Debbie looked tired and haggard when I first met her. She was 15 kg overweight and looked at least 10 years older than she really was. She had lost touch with what was really important to her. Debbie was trying to be superwoman!

She had taken on far too much and was forced to review her lifestyle (or lack of it) or she would either have a nervous breakdown or die inrepparttar 104204 process.

The Solutions In working with my clients I always get them to write down allrepparttar 104205 activities and responsibilities they are currently involved in, both at work and home.

By writing them down you can clearly see what is really important and what isn't. You can also see where you fill up your day with unnecessary activity.

With Debbie there were many areas where she could free up her time to give herrepparttar 104206 time for herself asrepparttar 104207 number one priority and get some sanity back into her life.

How to Hire the Right People

Written by Lorraine Pirihi


One ofrepparttar biggest challenges any business owner or manager has is hiringrepparttar 104199 right people. I've recently discovered a simple, inexpensive yet very effective way which will help you get it right. This week I've asked Nathan Chanesman, Managing Director of Myprofile Pty Ltd. to please explain…

"Without quality employees who share your vision and work ethic your business is not going anywhere.So how do you findrepparttar 104200 "right" employee?

We've all experienced hiringrepparttar 104201 "wrong" person. It's a nightmare. Hiring mistakes costs money, time and worse can easily ruin your business and your health! A recent survey in Forbes Business Magazine revealed, "Hiringrepparttar 104202 wrong person isrepparttar 104203 prime cause of business failure inrepparttar 104204 USA". For most employers it's a lottery, hire someone and hope it works out.

People problems takerepparttar 104205 most toll on us personally producing significant emotional wear and tear.

What if you had a tool that could tell you in advance of hiring, ifrepparttar 104206 candidates applying haverepparttar 104207 right attitude and behavioural style to do that job successfully.

Now that would be something! Well read on. It's now possible to predict behaviour quickly and accurately.

People can do most jobs if they are qualified and skilled for that position. However some people have a more natural aptitude for a particular type of job. Their behavioural style closely matchesrepparttar 104208 job and as a result, they do better, are less stressed, can't wait to get to work, are enthusiastic and stay with you longer. The ideal employee! These arerepparttar 104209 people you need to hire..

Which Behavioural Style Are You?

Four dominant styles define everyones behaviour

Whilst we are all different, our behavioural habits and style are more predicable than we think. We each have a dominant style and this determines how we manage at work, at home, in our relationships, how we communicate and importantly what careers we are best suited to.

D - Drivers. These are people who want to get things done. Active and fast paced, more interested in tasks than relationships. Often strong willed and very assertive, they push to have things done their way.

P - Promoters. These are people who want to be noticed. Active and fast pace they are relationship oriented rather than tasks. Often very expressive, chatty, friendly and usually dramatic. Do things more intuitively.

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