Julia

Julia’s Rules Of Business

I’ve just been watching a programme about the social rules which gorillas follow. This made me think about the business rules I follow, and why.

How To Respond To Feedback

The conventional wisdom in business about feedback is that it’s very important and you must always listen to it and act upon it. Which is all very well and good, but like all conventional wisdom can be a little simplistic. This isn’t my experience of how the real business world works.

The 10 Minute Team Meeting

I like to share some of my bag of tips and tricks which I use with my clients, so here’s one which I suggest regularly.

Doing a Pomodoro

I’ve noticed something about the way that I work. If I can concentrate on what I’m doing, I can get a whole day’s worth of work done in about an hour. Millions of items (well, about 3 or 4) can be ticked off the to do list when I’m in the zone. But if I’m not focussed, my productivity drops dramatically, and my day disappears. So I’ve been trying a new time management technique – the pomodoro technique.

Why do women want a female business advisor?

I’ve noticed over the years that about 60% of my clients are women business owners. But this is far higher than the proportion of female business owners generally – about 15% of businesses are owned outright by women, and another 20% of businesses are co-owned by women. So why do I get more women than men?