What is decision making and do we need to use a decision making process?
Understanding the importance of decision making and decision making processes What is decision making? Put simply decision making is making a choice between various courses of action. Decision making...
View ArticleHow do you set goals, tasks and milestones for a plan?
How do we break down our dream into a manageable plan with goals, tasks and milestones? Previously under ‘how‘ we have looked at the idea of breaking down a mission into manageable chunks in order to...
View ArticleHow to achieve a plan – planning resources
How are we going to achieve our plan? By what means and resources? Quite often we limit ourselves and our plan to our present resources. After all it is reasonable to ask ‘Which holiday can I...
View ArticleHappiness is a positive cash flow
How do we manage our resources? How do we track cash flow, profit and loss? “Happiness is a positive cash flow.” Fred Adler – Venture capitalist I may not be a millionaire but in many senses I have...
View ArticleHow to programme your tasks and create a Gantt Chart
What is project programming? What is a Gantt Chart and what is the best software to use? We have taken a look at time commitment and the importance of timing and now we are going to think about how...
View ArticleHow to get the right team structure
How can your team operate most effectively? What is the right team structure for your organisation? Once people know their roles they also need to know how they interact with other people in the team...
View ArticleRisky business: risk management strategy and knowing when to take a chance
What is a risk management strategy? Which opportunity should we take and which risks should we avoid? We do not always think in terms of risk management or have a risk management strategy but our...
View ArticleLessons learnt from decision making
Which things need to change and what remains the same? How do we apply lessons learnt to our decision making? We need to be continually assessing our decisions and applying the lessons learnt from our...
View ArticleThe OODA Loop decision making cycle
The OODA Loop decision making cycle Colonel John Boyd, a strategist with the USAF, proposed that as a situation evolves we have to observe the changes and orient ourselves to the new information that...
View ArticleHow to create and evaluate business ideas
Seven steps to find new business ideas and develop them into great businesses Whether you are starting a new business, or looking for ways of developing an existing business, you will need to create...
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