A recent report suggest that female directors of UK firms work longer days than their male counterparts but earn, on average, 19 percent (around 14,000) a year less. Although the pay gap has narrowed by five percent since last year, it shows that even those woman who break through the glass ceiling and reach board level will find another roof over their heads. How do senior decision makers understand how to enable these woman to succeed. Thoughts anyone?
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Finding calm in the work place
How many of us take the time to make our surroundings how we want them to be. How many managers actually take the time to see what effect different work places has on the employees. A few years ago I spent some time looking at feng shue. I was convinced that while I was studying the art of energy flow that it would do wonders for my career and home life. I was wrong. Afterwards I viewed Feng Shui suspiciously, but as usual what comes round goes around and I do think making your office your sanctum is important it is your space. Here are some tips,
Your computer can be customized in just about every way possible. Some examples; text read out, size of fonts, colour of applications, dictation the list is endless spend some time to insure that you have your computer doing its job, otherwise you will have to sack it (no slackers tolerated)
Make sure that you are comfortable in your chair and it is at the right height.
Make sure your screen is also at the right height. ( I realise while I am writing this that mine is not at eye level)
Make sure your paper files are ordered and correct in a way that you can understand.
Have something on your desk that makes you smile, A photograph, a silly postcard etc.
Have something on your desk that reminds you of your reason for doing what you do. ( I use three point triangle representing energy flows and a self made fish from my son)
The most important thing to remember is to have some fun, so if you need a break take a break, if you need to sit back and do nothing then do that, your brain is still working and probably more when you are not physically working.
The Biggest Problems are Solved by the Simplest Solutions
We have to day been working on a printer problem. we needed to replace quite a bit of the electronics.
The only problem was we could not gain access to the part we needed. After searching on the internet brought no results.
We turned the device upside down and where able to locate a spring key which removed the undercarraige. allowing us access the part and solve the problem.
Hence the biggest problems are solved by the simplest solutions. I like that motto….
Managing Stress at Work
Stress is killer it turns good people into bad people, and bad people into monsters.
There are many sorts of stress, stress getting on with people. Family life stress, partner stress to name but a few and to top it all off no stress at all is not good for us.
So how does one keep the balance? The first step is being aware of it…..
Once you have done that you can start to work on other techniques to mange your stress and maintain a balance.
There are a lot of people who have no idea about the stress they feel every day, unfortunately is is not possible to tell them as stress stops proper communication. A catch 22.
Do You Promote People (because they are good at their jobs)
Do you promote people because they are good at their jobs? This is why good technical people end up as struggling managers. You need to reward people for what they’re good at. Change their role for what they want to do next. A promotion is not a reward.
Having the right people in the right role is important for growth.