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Leadership Tip: Delegating Wisely

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When delegating there is wisdom in understanding the person to whom you are delegating tasks. Hayley Solich shares about the three types of people and how you can positively manage your delegation to each type of person.

Websites? What is The Creaticians process & why?

As a website developer, I have looked at the many options available to people in terms of a website, hosting, domain registration, images and content, and just thought I’d share with you my process to save you time and money in your search for the perfect solution.

Getting it Right, the First Time!

How many of us set out to create our masterpiece and we labour long and hard, then present it to the world, only to have the first person that sees it notice that we’ve overlooked something?

To be revolutionary or stay within the safe zone?

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When you are in such a creative industry as the one in which I exist, the challenge is to stay within the boundaries of what works, but to press out into the unknown and bring into existance something fresh and new.

12 Tips for Generating Leads in a Downturn

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The secret to surviving and thriving in a downturn is continuing to pick up new business – so that reduced orders, failed clients and slow payers do less damage to the business.

Would you like more time in your day?

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We are all given the same number of hours in the day but it seems that some are able to pack so much into such a short space of time. How do they do it?

How to Set Realistic Goals for Your Business

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Goals can be tremendously satisfying or deathly disappointing, depending on whether you remember to make them SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound). Be SMART and reap the rewards of goals realized.

The Power of Passion

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Every day I wake up and the first thought I have is, “What is there that makes it worth getting out of bed today?”

Is goal setting a good idea? Why?

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According to the Encarta online dictionary, goal means aim, something that somebody wants to achieve. The question is, how do you know what to aim for and how do you know when you have achieved it? It is easy to have lots of ideas, but goals are the process by which you are able to focus those ideas to make them achievable.

9 Tips to Oil the Wheels of Your Business

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Shirley wished that someone had showed her these 10 years ago, as she had not had much formal business training. An outside perspective is always invaluable. Draw upon specialists to bring to your business the information you need to help it succeed. After all, we all like to know where we are heading, so “start with the end in mind” (Dr Stephen Covey, “Seven habits of highly effective people”). If you all know what the target is, you are more likely to work together to hit the mark.

Tips for Kicking Procrastination to the Kerb

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The big ‘P’ word can be the cause of many a job being left undone, which is a major cause of stress in our lives.

I know when I am on a ‘bender’ – that is, a week where I just can’t get myself into gear, the big ‘P’ word takes over. The washing, the dishes, the kid’s rooms (I have four under 11 years) just seem to become major disaster zones and I finish my bender more and more determined not to let it ever get that way.

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