Tag Archives: personal efficiency

How does frog eating help me be more productive?

Suddenly on twitter seems to be talking about eating frogs. Whilst I am very much a fan of French cuisine, and have been known to munch a few ‘escargot’ while in France… what’s all this frog eating got to do with serious business people? Why should I also join the crowd and start munching frogs? And what happens if I am a veggie? Continue reading

How to make a six figure income… the easy way!

The challenge for every ambitious independent professional is how to leverage their personal efforts so that they can achieve a personal income of more than £100k per year. The question is how to do this, without bolting on more fee earning members of staff. Continue reading

Are you running your business, or is your business running you ragged?

Think back to those heady, idealist days, before you started running your own business… What was your business meant to stand for? What would your being your own boss give you, which employment couldn’t? Now honestly, look at how you are running your business? Are you truly in control, or is the tail wagging the dog? Continue reading

Eight tricks that The Efficiency Coach uses to maximise her time and productivity on social media

Social media is often touted as being a free tool that anyone can use to market their business. In terms of cost to buy, most programmes are free, but as any busy professional will tell you, your time is not free. Here are eight tips which help you maximise your time and productivity when using social media. Continue reading

Ten tips to get your heaving inbox under control and save time in the process

Sorting out and dealing with e-mail can be a major headache – and lead to a huge amount of time wasted. Continue reading

16 ways to improve your work life balance – part 2

Another 8 tips to improve your work life balance Continue reading

16 ways to improve your work life balance – part 1

Part 1 of a post looking at 16 ways of how you can improve your work life balance. Continue reading

Seven ways to stop procrastinating

Procrastination is one of the big threats to personal efficiency. The good news is that personal will power is all you need to conquer procrastination. Easier said than done… read on for our seven tips to minimise the amount you procrastinate. Continue reading

Want to have it all?

Twelve tips to help you run a business whilst bringing up a family Continue reading

What you NEED to know to improve the efficiency of your marketing materials…

Six principles that you need to know to efficiently promote and market your business. Continue reading

Just found out your role is ‘at risk’?

Whether you are already unemployed of facing redundancy, it can severely knock your confidence. The Efficiency Coach gives her eight tips on how to get your career back on track. Continue reading

How focused are you?

Personal focus and high levels of concentration are essential for great busines and personal success. So how do you increase your levels of focus? Read on for The Efficiency Coach’s top eight tips to increase your personal focus… Continue reading

Thinking about going part time?

Thinking (or have been asked!) of going part-time? Read on for my top tips to make it work for you and your firm. Continue reading

Want to achieve more with your follow friday recommendations?

How can you achieve more with your follow friday recommendations? Continue reading

Have you the patience of a saint?

Successful entrepreneurs all need patience to survive and thrive. So how do you go about learning to be patient? Continue reading

How do you bounce back every time

How can you build up your stores of resilience? Or is it just one of those things you have to accept that you can’t do? Continue reading

Who will you trust? (part 1)

Before you hire a coach, what should you be looking for? Continue reading

Working the room, again?

There are many articles out there on how to grow your business via face-to-face and on-line networking. However, there are not many articles that go into the nitty-gritty of how you ‘work a room’ at a face-to-face networking event. Let’s face it, face-to-face networking can be very daunting. There are many simple ways that you can achieve more with your networking time.

Here are my top tips.

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Is your networking activity working for you?

80% of opportunities will come to you from people you already know. You have to remember that when you are talking to someone, that you may not be talking to the end user of your product or service. This article discusses 4 ways that you can use networking to increase the amount of referrals and sales leads via networking. Continue reading

How much do you want my business?

Is your own personal inertia costing you sales? Read on to find out how your inertia may be hurting your business. Continue reading

Twitter – an absorbing waste of time, or a powerful business marketing tool?

Advocates of Twitter will say it’s essential for business. Other people will say it’s a time waster… So which is it? Read on for my guide, based on my two month’s experiences of being a tweeter, of how to achieve more with your tweets. Continue reading

I’m just misunderstood

The article discusses how communication misunderstandings happen, and the misunderstandings that can occur with e-mails, and how you can increase the odds of your message being understood properly. Continue reading

Building in support for learning

Ideas to build up support for your people’s learning Continue reading

Getting dumped by your company is no fun

How to achieve more with your blog Continue reading

Looking for a new role?

Even in the current tough job market, it is still possible to find a new role. Here are ten great tips to help you fast-forward your job search Continue reading

How to achieve more with your continuing professional development

The Annual CPD return? Chore? Necessary evil? In this article are 11 tips to help you achieve more with your continuing professional development Continue reading

Does it look too good to be true?

There is no such thing as ‘guaranteed success’, but there are ways to increase the odds of success. Continue reading

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