by Phil Olley | Feb 17, 2020 | Points Of Focus
One of the main drivers for you, and any person, is a sense that you are making a difference, a sense that what you are doing and being, on a moment by moment basis, is significant. Significance can be a huge motive for action (Motivation) and will ensure that you can...
by Phil Olley | Feb 4, 2020 | Points Of Focus
It’s probably the time of year. A time when people want to make changes… sometimes huge changes. Sometimes changes in life, sometimes changes in career, sometimes changes of habits. Having had time to think about ‘our lot’ over the festive...
by Phil Olley | Nov 11, 2019 | Points Of Focus
Many people in business wish they had an extra hour (or more) every day! Well, here in the UK we recently gained an “extra” hour by virtue of the clocks going back. Now, although the extra hour happened on a Sunday, I imagine most people’s day did not alter one bit,...
by Phil Olley | Oct 21, 2019 | Points Of Focus
Most are familiar, I am sure, with Nelson’s signal hoisted by flags in his ship to the assembled fleet on the day of the battle of Trafalgar (21st October 1805): “England Expects that every man shall do his duty.” What do you expect of yourself? Do you expect yourself...
by Phil Olley | Oct 18, 2019 | Points Of Focus
One of the things that struck me over these past couple of weeks whilst chatting with people before and after my engagements, is the amount of clutter and business treacle which seems to envelop businesses, and teams, and individuals. It is so easy to lose sight of...
by Phil Olley | Sep 23, 2019 | Points Of Focus
Time is most people’s most precious resource, and the one which is most scarce. Yet, time is so frequently wasted by many people… it just slides by. Imagine your time is like water and is flowing through your life carried by a network of pipes that ensure your time...