Time Management

How to get your team to do the heavy lifting.  The trick is to have the right people doing the right things.   Two aspects, recruitment and retention.   Recruitment - we often hire people we like or like us. Change that thinking and look for people...

“Victory awaits him who has everything in order- luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take all the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck”.  Roald Amundsen, The South Pole. Use the basics to leverage your way to...

Sometimes it is not what you do that makes you great – it is what you don’t do.  Megan Jaffe knows as much about that as she does about what her best people do.  So what are the things to avoid or change? Use the basics...

This is where we get a really great understanding about why Megan Jaffe’s Ray White Remuera office has been the top International office in the group for the last 3 years. Simple basic down to earth principals that run right through the business. Use the basics...

“Running with the thoroughbreds” is how Megan Jaffe describes what she does.  Megan runs the biggest office in the Ray White group.  It is the top International office in the group and it is in Remuera in Auckland and that is where we catch up...

“Outsourcing is not for everyone”.  A strange thing to say when you are trying to sell a concept but it is true.  It is a fact because some people are just not geared to use outsourcing properly.  So , in fairness, we look at how...

The stereo-typical image of outsourcing needs to change.  Smart business people realised years ago that, used properly, outsourcing will lead to better productivity, a more satisfied and fulfilled local team and even help with recruitment. Outsourcing 6 months on Mentor – Stephen Atcheler Benefits for business...

Gone are the days when outsourcing was about hiding the fact that your support was done overseas and heaven forbid if any outsourced staff talked to any clients.  The popular misconceptions about outsourcing are many and they are false. Outsourcing 6 months on Mentor – Stephen...

For some people just the mention of outsourcing conjures up thoughts of telemarketers with bad English being rude and calling at all hours trying to flog some product or pretending to do a survey.  Modern day outsourcing is nothing like that as you will hear...