Get Organised Before It's Too Late

Written by Lorraine Pirihi


Last year I attended a presentation from Parenting Expert and well-known author, Stephen Biddulph on "Raising Boys". As I have an 11 year old son, I was interested to hear what Stephen had to say. In fact, so wererepparttar other 800 other parents inrepparttar 104140 room!

The key point that I picked up on was that boys fromrepparttar 104141 age of 6 -14 really need 'time' with their dads. That isrepparttar 104142 most influential period in their lives when they bond with him. Andrepparttar 104143 type of time they need is not all thrown into a once a week or month block or some exotic holiday once a year, they need to spend time with their sons on a regular basis. Otherwise how can you build a strong and stable relationship?

Forrepparttar 104144 single mums reading this, don't despair. If you are estranged from your partner and bringing up your son is your responsibility, having a positive male role model in his life ie. uncle, brother, grandfather teacher, tennis coach etc. will work as well.

What's happening in our society inrepparttar 104145 chase forrepparttar 104146 almighty dollar and in many instancesrepparttar 104147 big ego, our relationships are breaking down. People are totally dominated by their work and have little energy to invest in themselves and their families.

Planning Personal Time It's very interesting to note that every client I have coached … male or female, whether they arerepparttar 104148 business owner, director, executive or whatever title they hold, all haverepparttar 104149 same common goal... they want more time for their personal life.

They do not want to start work at 7.30 a.m. and return home at 7.00 p.m. They are committed and enjoy what they do, however they are not prepared to sacrifice their own relationships and wellbeing anymore. THE PRICE IS NOT WORTH IT!

You Can Turn Your Life Around And do you know whatrepparttar 104150 three key things you need to do to turn your life around? Learn to say 'no', how to manage your time and then take action.

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

Written by John Beaton and Mitch Axelrod


In today's fast-paced business world, CEO's are trying to keep up with change and adapt torepparttar global marketplace, constantly searchingrepparttar 104139 horizon for an edge overrepparttar 104140 competition.

One thing they overlook is very close to home. In fact it is just downrepparttar 104141 hall from them.

It's their very own employees.

By learning how to unlockrepparttar 104142 hidden potential of your employees and executives you can create multiple leverage points for your business that your competition cannot duplicate because it's unique to you. Your employee mix is yours and yours alone. You owe it to your company to getrepparttar 104143 best from your employee's; their minds, their strengths and their keen abilities.

Imagine if all employees utilized all their strengths and could know and understandrepparttar 104144 roadblocks that hold them back? Playing atrepparttar 104145 "top of their game" they would make better decisions forrepparttar 104146 company, help reduce expenses and contribute to higher profits.

So much can be achieved by simply knowing a person's strengths. It can help build confidence in their ability to make and carry out decisions. It's as critical to knowrepparttar 104147 areas in which they need help. Create an atmosphere where people are not afraid to ask for help or guidance.

Employees become more willing to ask for help before a situation becomes critical if they accept, that like others, they are not perfect and nobody really "knows it all". This fear of asking for help holds people back and stuntsrepparttar 104148 growth of companies. When nothing holds a person back, he/she can surge forward withrepparttar 104149 power and confidence of someone on a mission.

Sorepparttar 104150 question to ask is, "How do we structure a program for our people to discover their true strengths and their roadblocks to achievement?"

The answer is a little known science called Axiology,repparttar 104151 study of values and judgments. The Value Profile isrepparttar 104152 tool of Axiology that unlocks a person's hidden value. It reveals how you can make better decisions based on how you think and what you value.

Here is a scenario to give you an idea on how Axiology andrepparttar 104153 Value Profile help CEO's obtain greater leverage from an employee's strength.

The CEO, lets call him Richard, has to make a tough decision. He needs to expand his company in order to keep ahead ofrepparttar 104154 competition. Richard decides to put someone in charge of a Special Projects team to determine whererepparttar 104155 company's best opportunities forrepparttar 104156 future are.

Usingrepparttar 104157 Value Profile, Richard can accurately measure and compare possible candidates forrepparttar 104158 position. There are 120 different critical areas with pinpoint and objective information that can be obtained from each individual.

The first section ofrepparttar 104159 report determines a person's skill in Deciding What Needs to Be Done. This report measures a candidate's ability to decide what issues are relevant and what issues require attention. The findings would provide insight onrepparttar 104160 candidate's ability to rely on analytical as well as "gut" instincts, both critical allies to executives making important decisions.

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