In our continued series on the business of interior design business consultant Paul Davis offers his top ten tips for public speaking, a necessary task more and more these days for designers…
Work Smarter
Small and medium-sized practices are perhaps the most vulnerable to the ‘always on’ culture of overworking. Increasingly dependent on mobiles, Blackberrys, email and internet, it’s easy to get caught up on a treadmill of endless work tasks that diminish your time for leisure, friends and family. In the worst cases this leads to stress…
Promoting Good Staff Relations
It goes without saying that good staff relations are essential to maintaining a happy and healthy workplace. Nevertheless, a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development last year revealed that only 37 per cent of employees have confidence in their senior management team and 34 per cent trust their senior managers. Evidently there is plenty that managers can do to foster better staff relations…
On The Right Track
Under 30s – also referred to as ‘Generation Y’ – see work very differently to their parents’ generation. Adapting to this is no mean feat for any manager, but Paul Davis has the scoop…
Disruptive Behaviour
I’m currently having a problem with a member of my staff, Liam, who is a 32 year-old conveyance solicitor. On the whole his work is fine, but my one issue with him is that he can be disruptive during meetings…
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