Get out of town
May 30, 2016 11:25 am Leave your thoughtsYou know you have to get from here to there, but how? So many steps, so many turnings, so many unknowns. Planning is daunting. A blank whiteboard and empty faces... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Communications skills
May 29, 2016 8:31 pm Leave your thoughtsYou can tell them what you think of them, have frequent one-to-ones, discuss performance and how you’d like them to behave, give pep-talks, update contracts, finesse job descriptions, change your... Read more
Boring admin?
May 28, 2016 8:18 pm Leave your thoughtsThere’s nothing exciting about admin. There is a satisfaction in putting the right paper in the right pile and filing the pile in the right place. Something zen about the... Read more
How to moan?
May 27, 2016 6:19 pm Leave your thoughtsSometimes you find yourself in a situation where there’s a lot wrong. Everywhere you look there are things not to like and decisions that stink – or at least, they... Read more
Rage and pride
May 26, 2016 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsIt’s not possible to please all of the people all of the times they wish you’d bend over backwards and bail them out of their difficulties. Sometimes, yes. Always, no.... Read more