Recharge On Air With Alan Hargreaves
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- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 11:52:39
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Synopsis
Join Alan Hargreaves and listen how to make your life and work simple.
Episodes
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Taking the work out of work-life balance
28/07/2014 Duration: 04minBetter balance doesn't mean less work. It's about enjoying the entire spectrum of your being, including what you do at the office.
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So you want to buy a franchise
24/07/2014 Duration: 04minThe most important thing about buying a franchise is knowing that you'll be able to sell it.
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Less Strategy, More Action
17/07/2014 Duration: 03minStrategy is useless unless it leads to actionable tactics. Don't just think up great ideas; focus on how you can implement them.
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Mindfulness: how doing nothing can help
14/07/2014 Duration: 04minNow backed by swathes of neuroscientific research, mindfulness is the latest business fad. What is it and why are they doing it.
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Budget forecasts are always wrong
10/07/2014 Duration: 03minBudget forecasts are always wrong. They are not meant to be right. The budgeting process can never forecast the unexpected. That's especially so in a startup or a new project, when there are too many unknowns. Their value lies in identifying the key elements that will make or break the idea.
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The Manager as Fullback
03/07/2014 Duration: 04minThere is a lot going on in any business. Position yourself so you can see the whole environment. And don't worry about being distracted by it. You need to be alert to the critical things that are happening when they happen, not later.
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Planet of the Apps
30/06/2014 Duration: 04minMobile technology presents a challenge for many businesses, yet underlying commercial principles haven't changed. It's still about margins and volume. Alan applies simple business concepts to technological complexity.
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How to kick-start your motivation
26/06/2014 Duration: 04minThe massive power of the smallest step.
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The Upside of Your Limitations
16/06/2014 Duration: 04minFocus in more important than quantity. Doing a few things extremely well yields better results than doing it all.
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What I learned at the Olympics
13/06/2014 Duration: 04minIn business, just as in sport, peak performance depends on your ability to focus only on the things you can control. The key to optimising results is work on the things you can actually do something about.
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Making decisions under stress
12/06/2014 Duration: 04minIt's hard making good decisions when times are tough. Behavioural economics tells us there are good reasons for that. We need to find ways of seeing the situation from outside our own head.
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Dealing with speed
05/06/2014 Duration: 04minApp upgrades are a metaphor for the speed of product innovation. There are a lot of them and they are a feature of any business where change is a constant. What can you do to keep 'Up'?
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Googling Good Fortune
02/06/2014 Duration: 04minOften the luck of the draw seems to determine the outcome. But good fortune can also be encouraged. Research suggests your attitude and your actions can increase your exposure to good luck.
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How to look at the bigger picture
29/05/2014 Duration: 03minIt's easy in business to get stuck in the small stuff. Looking at the bigger picture can be both calming and inspiring. Try stepping back and observing you environment rather than being overwhelmed by it.
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The best idea anyone ever gave me
22/05/2014 Duration: 05minDo you have trouble keeping track of all your best thoughts, or all those things you are supposed to remember? Someone gave me a great solution. It's been working like a charm for seventeen years.
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Warning: Management cliches ahead
19/05/2014 Duration: 04minManagement commentary is full of cute slogans. But do they make any sense? Often their opposite meaning is the way to go. Find out more at http://alanhargreaves.com
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The Problem with Strategy
15/05/2014 Duration: 04minStrategic planning is a creative process; slavishly following the plan is not. For your strategy to work, its needs to be flexible and open to change.
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Fast Strategy: Simple Ways to Boost Value
08/05/2014 Duration: 04minThe main mission for any business it to create value. Alan walks you through a simple process to start focussing on building value. Fully supported by free downloads and apps, this process leads to fast actions that get immediate traction.
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Learning from you worst decisions
01/05/2014 Duration: 04minThere are several common element to the worst decisions I've made. A central one is not asking for help when I don't really know what I'm doing. You can avoid a lot of disasters just by accepting that some people do some things better than you. The art of management and the art of delegation are closely related.