If your current corporate plan seems too ambitious and you’re wondering how to approach planning for the next year, check out this post for possible sources of strategic overcommitment and the one thing you should consider to make next year more successful.
How to work with (and impress) executives
Strategic planning | Should you be planning in uncertain times?
Influence | Positive ways to increase compliance with policies
Four ways to ensure project success | Project tips from the world of billable hours
How to use audit reporting techniques to increase your influence
How to prepare to step outside of your comfort zone
Corporate decluttering | Five ways organisations are creating excessive busyness for their employees
Three steps to achieving more without hiring additional employees
Seven tips for reducing key person risk in your organisation
Tackling ‘too many meetings’ syndrome | A productivity tip from the world of billable hours
Governance | Why boards shouldn’t get side-tracked with the operational
Overcoming resistance to change – the basics
Corporate decluttering | Simplifying our work for better results
Positivity and collaboration | How front office and back office can work better together
Over the years, I’ve worked both in front office and back office functions and noticed that these two groups are often annoyed with each other. I wrote this post to shine some light on the sources of their frustration and to suggest how they can both work to improve their respective situations, including how senior management can support this process.