Insights

We’ve all heard it, culture trumps strategy every time. Culture is basically “how we do things around here”. Personally I like to think of it as “this is how we roll” – a set of attitudes, actions and behaviours, if you will, that you would like to see exhibited by the people you work with […]

“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill Writers block. Cold call freeze. Inability to remember why you’re doing what you’re doing. Loss of direction. Being overwhelmed. We call it all sorts of things. Getting stuck is frustrating. It takes all shapes and forms and […]

Every office or working environment has probably had to deal with some angst among co-workers. Picture this situation… one person has a deadline and realises they need information or input from another person or division. Sound familiar? And perhaps that first person or team may have sat on their bit a little longer than they […]

Many high performers are fabulous at running teams, businesses, deadlines, projects and the list goes on. Interestingly enough they often find themselves getting frustrated and using more energy credits unnecessarily outside of work. Let’s face it – often work is far easier to control than home life. Throw a couple of small children in the […]

At NEP we deal with many different businesses and one thing is for sure – even in really high performing businesses there are still many people “doing tasks”. This might sound reasonably harmless or even like it makes total sense but it’s actually not that great for productivity. Often we find that a task is […]

Had you worried there for a moment didn’t I? More meetings with other people – hell no! That’s the last thing anyone needs. Many of our clients find that meetings can be such a drain on their energy and their productivity. And in fairness, yes they are when they are not run effectively – and […]

Sure, there are some meetings that are super productive, but let’s face it, there are probably more that aren’t. And it leads to much frustration, which is basically energy that could be spent on actually being productive. So here are a few super easy tips to get you out of meetings that you don’t really […]

I’ve always been a morning person. I feel better once I’m up and moving before the day gets hectic and simply have a sharper intellectual focus in the morning. My energy naturally dips mid-afternoon, so focusing on heavy, draining tasks at that time is totally unproductive for me. Years ago, in my early corporate career, […]