Chronicles from a Caribbean Cubicle http://blog.fwconsulting.com Provocative Multi-Media Publications from Framework Consulting Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:13:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 ChroniclesFrameworkhttp://feedburner.google.com Why I chose a storybook format for my first book http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/3Afhg8Ff32s/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/04/why-i-chose-a-storybook-format-for-my-first-book/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:13:12 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=907 Why did I choose to write my first book in the form of a story?

It had nothing to do with wanting to learn a new and very challenging skills! Instead, I had enjoyed the first business fable I ever read – The Goal by Eli Goldratt – that it made me want to replicate the learning journey I on when I read it for others.

The question of “Why time management needs to be revisited?” is such a big one – I wanted to get the lesson across without having to resort to “trust me” arguments and lots of lists of prescriptive behaviors.

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/04/why-i-chose-a-storybook-format-for-my-first-book/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/04/why-i-chose-a-storybook-format-for-my-first-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-i-chose-a-storybook-format-for-my-first-book How to do the job of people http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/gPcIsx2QmkE/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/04/how-to-do-the-job-of-people/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:56:08 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=904 In these recessionary times it’s becoming a new tactic of employers – find a way to get people to do 2 jobs. What happens if you are on the receiving end? What do you do?

How to do the job of two people – my article in today’s Jamaica Gleaner.

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/04/how-to-do-the-job-of-people/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/04/how-to-do-the-job-of-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-do-the-job-of-people How to Manage Your Time for Better Sales http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/SRPks4dXy68/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/how-to-manage-your-time-for-better-sales/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:58:17 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=900 If you are a salesperson you may have decided that your productivity has something to do with your time management skills. That’s a reasonable insight: How to Manage Your Time for Better Sales.

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/how-to-manage-your-time-for-better-sales/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/how-to-manage-your-time-for-better-sales/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-manage-your-time-for-better-sales How to Respond to the IMF’s Message to Jamaica http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/tAFu1E41S48/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/how-to-respond-to-the-imfs-message-to-jamaica/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:05:45 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=891 My thinking is that we shouldn’t be paralyzed by the recent macro-economic trends in Jamaica, but focus instead on the small actions that we can each take to expand our own productivity.

This article appears in the Sunday Gleaner today.

How to Respond to the IMF’s Message to Jamaica

 

 

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/how-to-respond-to-the-imfs-message-to-jamaica/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/how-to-respond-to-the-imfs-message-to-jamaica/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-respond-to-the-imfs-message-to-jamaica Why Executives Need to Teach Time Management http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/bNOl4wtIG8U/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/why-executives-need-to-teach-time-management/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:05:51 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=893 There are a number of reasons why the Caribbean executive needs to do more than just out-work his/her peers but must also share the way in which they are able to be productive. If they project the idea that they “have arrived” then that’s what people around them will think is the formula for success: hubris and over-confidence.

This article is from the Trinidad Newsday.

Why Executives Need to Teach Time Management

 

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/why-executives-need-to-teach-time-management/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/why-executives-need-to-teach-time-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-executives-need-to-teach-time-management Working from Home vs. the Office http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/_1QGZscYwg8/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/working-from-home-vs-the-office/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:16:27 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=896 The debate sparked by Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayers, continues on the pages of Businessuite Magazine. Here’s an article a mention in an interview.

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Businessuite Digital Weekly: Working from Home vs. The Office

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/working-from-home-vs-the-office/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/working-from-home-vs-the-office/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-from-home-vs-the-office Why Leaders Need to Teach by Learning http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/5pcbvk-4cVE/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/why-leaders-need-to-teach-by-learning/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:35:36 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=888 This article I wrote for the Gleaner speaks to the reasons why leaders need to show their employee how to learn, by being transparent about their own learning. It’s a much better way to teach.

Time Management – Why Leaders Need to Learn and to Teach It.

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/why-leaders-need-to-teach-by-learning/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/why-leaders-need-to-teach-by-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-leaders-need-to-teach-by-learning Television Jamaica Appearance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/Ra1KlVgIklk/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/television-jamaica-appearance/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:16:42 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=880 Francis on Smile Jamaica Working At Home vs The Office 2

I made an appearance on TVJ to talk about the (in) famous Yahoo pronouncement that the company would no longer allow its employees to work from home. I looked at the pros and cons of this policy from a time management perspective. Click here – Time Management Policies.

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/television-jamaica-appearance/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/03/television-jamaica-appearance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=television-jamaica-appearance My New Time Management Book http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/JlMwhm6GhfU/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/02/my-new-time-management-book/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:30:06 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=884 v 2 Bills Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure 2sm

The first chapter was drafted back in March 2009 and it earned exactly two supportive comments on my blog. I can’t bear to look at it now, but it was my first effort to place Time Management 2.0 ideas within the context of a story. A novel. A fable about business that would tell a story, but at the same time impart some powerful lessons about being productive in today’s work environment.

The book is now complete and it has its own page – Bill’s Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure and it’s available on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle formats.

]]> http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/02/my-new-time-management-book/feed/ 0 http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/02/my-new-time-management-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-new-time-management-book How to conduct difficult conversations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChroniclesFramework/~3/DSFR3Vba5sQ/ http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2013/02/how-the-conduct-difficult-conversations/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:48:38 +0000 fwade http://blog.fwconsulting.com/?p=875 The recent news in Jamaica predicts that we are in for some difficult times.  With the new harsh realities come an increase in the number of hard to have conversations.

How to conduct difficult workplace conversations

 

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