A light-touch
December 23, 2016 10:12 am Leave your thoughtsIf there was no management … The clock would still tick and things would still get done. But what, and when? Management is the art of getting the Right Things... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Where are you?
December 22, 2016 8:43 pm Leave your thoughtsMost things don’t follow a direct route. They’re more wriggly than that. Some things only have a vague target in mind, you don’t know where they’re going and you don’t... Read more
Full disclosure
December 21, 2016 9:17 am Leave your thoughtsThere are times when operating on a need to know basis makes sense. Plenty of corporate and commercial detail is necessarily and properly protected by an opaque veil. The people... Read more
A stony silence
December 20, 2016 9:25 am Leave your thoughtsOne of the secrets has always been … return your phone calls, (substituting the appropriate form of communications from cuneiform to WhatsApp). Don’t leave ‘em hanging. Not much of a... Read more
On buy-in
December 19, 2016 9:22 am Leave your thoughtsWhen you know what you want, it’s a good idea to tell the people who can make it happen exactly what that is. If it’s important to you that tab... Read more