Teryl @ Work

As a business, resolutions are an informal way to get us all thinking about what we want to achieve in a fresh year. Of course, there are a lot of funny personal and business resolutions. One of my favourite’s this year was on Ellen, when a young lady wanted to get past Level 183 on Candy Crush.   It took an Harvard Graduate to assist her! Not to mention the young woman who was resolving to be more patient with her children and drink better wine.   At Accsys, our business is about providing software people management solutions, so we thought it would be a good idea to define some of our people management resolutions (in no particular order). We resolved to: ·          Spend more time with people and less with systems ·          Encourage and reward innovative thinking ·          Embrace consistent management processes across t...

..or what used to be known as New Year's Resolutions. Each year brings its highs and lows, and the eternally optimistic human race believes that we get a fresh start each January 1st.   Belief is a strong driver, and optimism is capable of delivering very good results. So, with that in mind, in January 2014 I decided to try and give myself some good advice.... Enjoy more special family and friend time, have got a bit too chilled and lazy over weekends – Did quite well on this one until March. Remain passionate about what matters, but not angry when things go wrong – my execs tell me about 50% success rate! Be upfront about issues, deal with them quickly, and avoid continual negative comments, frustration and feelings (mine) – Same as above Delegate 3 business tasks that I have been hanging on to - Done Set aside formal time to deal with personal issues every week eg doctor's appointments, checking bank statements, sorting out hom...

..or what used to be known as New Year's Resolutions. Each year brings its highs and lows, and the eternally optimistic human race believes that we get a fresh start each January 1st.   Belief is a strong driver, and optimism is capable of delivering very good results. So, with that in mind, I decided to try and give myself some good advice.... Enjoy more special family and friend time, have got a bit too chilled and lazy over weekends Remain passionate about what matters, but not angry when things go wrong. Be upfront about issues, deal with them quickly, and avoid continual negative comments, frustration and feelings (mine) Delegate 3 business tasks that I have been hanging on to Set aside formal time to deal with personal issues every week eg doctor's appointments, checking bank statements, sorting out home maintenance, submitting medical claims Focus more on strategy, and less on operational stuff, I have a great team that will ask for my input if they need it S...