Interviewing in a funky office location. We have all been there, either sat in an interview or heard one of our candidates talk about a crazy tough interview question that threw them off. Indeed, I once asked if I was a cat what colour would I be. I...
Home working/Remote working is a dream come true for many. However, in the UK and much of the rest of the Western world, there is an impending threat to workers' jobs outside of the economic effects of the pandemic – local and global outsourcing, wha...
Working from home is one of the most brilliant and challenging things to do. This time has really been both a blessing and a curse. Blessed that I could have so much and cursed because there are so many ways that working from home can be tough. As so...
Finding people's email addresses is one of those tasks that can be a real pain. Whether you are in sales, marketing, recruitment, journalism or community activism, finding out the email address of a potential new client or contact, can be a make-or-b...
As I am writing this article it looks like Donald Trump* has won the US election. This could possibly be the biggest turnaround in US political history since Washington was defeated trying to defend New York from the British in 1776. Somehow Donald T...
n the age of evolving work dynamics, the transformation from presentism to productivity has become the north star for businesses and managers alike. The concept of presentism – physically being in the office for the sake of appearances – should be fa...
As you may well know I am currently reading and studying through David Allen’s fundamentally amazing book Getting Things Done. I have read the book before, however, after reading I did not action the book's many lessons. Sadly, as a bit of a self-he...
>Homeworking has many benefits, from having no commute to work, to being able to have a decent homemade lunch and of course being able to do some chores of the company’s time (just do not tell the boss). As someone who has been a home worker for a...
9 Products that every home worker should have in their home office Working from home requires a different range of products, tools, gadgets, and bits and bobs compared to working in the office. It stands to reason of course, that working from home, n...
The Disadvantages of Homeworking: After many years working from home these are all the major disadvantages I have encountered and solutions to make things better within 7 days. Working from home has dominated my thirties. It was not long after I turn...