About
I think and write about management - I make on-line videos, speak at conferences (message…
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The imposter unicorn
The imposter unicorn
My book of "Useful Animals" is getting on well - might even publish it this year - and here's another one that I hope…
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How to get promoted
How to get promoted
Look good at the moment Be positive about new ideas, never negative Be easy to work with, low maintenance Appear in…
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The Career Chameleon
The Career Chameleon
Consider your whole life and how potential jobs and careers could affect it - work should only be 40% of your life not…
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How to work from home - and still see everyone
How to work from home - and still see everyone
The advantages of people working from home include - reduced time and hassle spent commuting, - the ability to be at…
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Annoying Games That People Play
Annoying Games That People Play
These games are taken from the book “Games People Play” by Eric Berne, though if you want to read more I would actually…
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Why is Time Management so HARD?
Why is Time Management so HARD?
Why is time management so difficult to be good at? I think there are a number of reasons a) It involves other people…
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The Octopus of Optimisation - two levels of time management
The Octopus of Optimisation - two levels of time management
The first job of time management is to reduce the unimportant stuff (you'll never get rid of it all) to maybe 20-30% of…
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Zoom or teams – giving a good impression.
Zoom or teams – giving a good impression.
How's your Teams or Zoom etiquette?? Here’s a real screenshot from a recent Teams call (it was very enjoyable, with…
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What exactly is work-life balance? (and four ways to fail)
What exactly is work-life balance? (and four ways to fail)
I would suggest there are two parts to understanding work-life balance: Balance: You get about the same amount of good…
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Growth! Growth! Growth!
Growth! Growth! Growth!
Growth Growth Growth – it’s the UK government’s “big idea”, the only way to balance the books and be able to afford all…
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Experience
Education
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University of Cambridge
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Activities and Societies: CEO of Record Library, founder of Unicycling Club, Tenor sax in band called "Coming Soon", College 3rd Badminton Team, and a small amount of academic study
Masters in Manufacturing Engineering
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Activities and Societies: Maths, screen printing, TAC (with Chopper Hawith), gerbil room, Led Zep and Uriah Heep. Successfully avoided rugby, chapel, and being a prefect. Liked squash. Reasonable A-level results. Enjoyed Physics.
4 A-Levels: Maths Physics Chemistry and Further Maths
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Activities and Societies: Scrumping apples and building underground camps
Formative years
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Publications
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The Big Book of Happiness - 87 practical strategies
amazon kindle
See publicationThe most practical book there is on how to improve your day to day happiness. Full of practical ideas. Also available as a physical book from lulu.com
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Happiness Tips
Linkedin Learning
See publication52 videos on practical ways to get more happiness into your life, originally released one per week for a year on lynda.com / Linked in Learning, now available as a complete course
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Efficient Time Management
Linkedin Learning
See publicationThis video course covers the detail on how to run your life efficiently - lists, systems etc
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Time Management: Five ways to control your time
Linkedin Learning
See publicationThis video course covers the big picture of time management - how do you decide what's important, why you need clear goals, how to get more time for the important things in life as well as the urgent ones, and the five options you have: saying no, delegating, being less of a perfectionist, etc
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Process Improvement Fundamentals
Linkedin Learning
See publicationHow to improve your quality and lead times, and reduce your costs. Understanding queue theory, balanced lines, kanban etc. The links between quality and cost, lead times and costs. All explained simply and clearly.
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Management Articles
Lynda.com
See publicationThe 7 sins of teamwork
5 Ways to Be Happier at Work
The Top 10 Project Management Mistakes
5 Ways to Know If You'd Make a Great Project Manager
10 Things Every Successful Business Must Have (Even Yours)
Want More Free Time? How About a Whole Month?
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Video Training Courses - listed below
Lynda.com
See publicationProject Management Simplified
Solving Project Problems
Gantt Charts Explained
Teamwork Fundamentals
Learning to be Assertive
Process Improvement
Time Management - 5 options for getting more done
Time Management - Efficient systems
Happiness - practical strategies for a happier life
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Project Management Simplified
Linkedin Learning
See publicationNow with over a million views, this has been an incredibly popular course on how to plan and run projects.
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14 books on amazon Kindle
Me
See publicationEleven instant guides on subjects including Leadership, Negotiation, Projects, Time, Assertiveness, Happiness, Selling, Customer Service, Presentations etc, as well as a few other books.
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Time Management
Cengage Learning - originally Routledge and then Thomson International Press
See publicationThe ultimate book on Time Management. Covering issues such as delegation, prioritization, personal organization, procrastination and stress it develops new frameworks and theories in improving time management skills, whilst end of chapter action plans ensure that the theory is related to real life.
Courses
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Agile vs Waterfall (with Doug Rose)
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Assertiveness - on LinkedIn learning, previously lynda.com
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Bad Boss - what can you do?
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Be A Great Team Player
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Cost Reduction
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Delight your customers
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Dream Job - CV and Interview techniques
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Efficient Time Management
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Gantt charts - on LinkedIn learning, previously lynda.com
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Handling Difficult People
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Happiness - on LinkedIn Learning aka lynda.com
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Inspirational Leadership
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Leadership
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Life Mastery
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Meetings - Agendas and Problems
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Meetings - on LinkedIn Learning - previously lynda.com
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Negotiation Skills - on lynda.com
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Personal Efficiency
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Presentation Skills
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Problem Solving Techniques
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Process improvement - on lynda.com
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Productivity - Bitesize Tips (Udemy only)
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Project Management - top 10 mistakes to avoid
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Project Management Simplified - on lynda.com
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Resource Planning for Projects - on lynda.com
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Selling
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Solving Project Problems
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Stress and Anxiety - Udemy.com only
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Success Habits
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Surviving Organisational Change
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The Life Skills Collection
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Time and Life - the Five Options
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Top Ten Project Management Mistakes
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Working Productively From Home
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Languages
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Bokmål, Norwegian
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