Articles about management by Matthew Stibbe
There is no law that says small firms can only do business with other small firms. If you can get your foot in the door, it can be very rewarding to work with big companies.
This article is about one small company – my own business, Articulate Marketing – and how we have found ways to turn our size into a competitive advantage. We work with big clients: Microsoft, HP, Symantec, Dell, Tech Data. This is what we have learned.
[Read more…] about Bambi vs. Godzilla: How to work with big companiesAs I write this, many thousands of people have been directly affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus, including members of my family. It is not a time for glib comments. But millions of people face the prospect of working from home for the first time. Likewise, many managers and many companies are going to have to learn how to make remote working work for them. This article is for them.
[Read more…] about Remote working: lessons for managers from 20 years’ experienceThe open plan modern office could be killing your productivity, reckons The Atlantic’s Julie Beck.
[Read more…] about Why your office is hurting your productivity (and how to fix it)Every manager has one goal: to foster a healthy, prospering work environment that brings employees together to get work done. Unfortunately, so many managers who have just been promoted or are looking to impress fall short. Why? Because they fall for the many damaging management myths.
[Read more…] about 10 career-threatening management mythsI’ve just finished re-reading Churchill’s war memoirs and also Andrew Roberts’s new book, Masters and Commanders, about the relationship between Roosevelt and Marshall, Churchill and Brooke.
[Read more…] about How Winston Churchill used humour as a management toolThe day started out so well, yet here you are at the end of it with barely half of your to-do list complete. If productivity is the goal, time management is sometimes like a detective story. Where did the time go? Who stole it?
[Read more…] about Who stole my time?
