A process can be defined as a set of steps or activities that uses defined inputs to produce an outcome. While this may not be the real textbook definition, it is a descriptive working definition for businesses today. Improving the work being done in any organization involves a systematic approach. This is really what continual [...]
With the current economic and marketplace stresses being felt by all of us, ‘happy’ is not an emotion many associate with being at work. Here are a few Cashmere tips to get your happy back on in your daily work life:
· Breathe Breaks – schedule 3 to 4 ten minute breathe breaks into your Outlook [...]
Using the 5-D Formula for your business can make things go much smoother.
Are you feeling overwhelmed in your business? Do you feel you don’t have time to do anything but work? You probably started a business thinking, “Finally my own business, now I can have all the free time I want.” But now you [...]
“I’m sorry I didn’t have time to get to your order today”. There is not a person on the face of the earth that has not heard that from someone in their lifetime. It’s a classic excuse. Unfortunately it’s absolutely false. The person who just told you they did not have your order [...]
Have you ever see the Paul Newman movie Cool Hand Luke? There are a number of scenes where the Sheriff tells Paul Newman, the prisoner who keeps escaping, that he has to get his head straight, so he will stop escaping. I made this connection, as tenuous as it may be with almost all of [...]
I specialize in Time Management and Productivity Maximization. It would only be fair to say that dealing with Time management issues is easier than production issues. The main reason is that when you are dealing with time, the concerns are the same for everyone. When you develop a way for someone to deal with a [...]
We have all heard about a To Do List; now let’s look at a Do Not Do List.
Increasing your productivity hinges on your ability to not keep making the same mistakes over and over again. The people who learn from their past mistakes are the people who will move forward much quicker than those who [...]
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man. – Ernst Fischer
-Robots don’t complain.
-Robots have to be maintained to work efficiently.
-Robots have to be programmed to do the job right, but once they are programmed they can do a job faster than a [...]
Conversion from data to information is called data processing. But just processing data isn’t gives you very strong output. Data must be professionally processed, only then it gives you a great output. This output is so much helpful while making complex decision. This is one of the points where professional data processing helps business. There [...]
I have never given a seminar on Increasing Your Productivity without being asked, what is the number one aspect that people should zero in on when trying to increase their productivity. When I tell them everything is important, that does not get me off the hook. They keep it up till I spill the beans. [...]