by jacky | Jun 8, 2018 | Management Practices
One of my first jobs after leaving university, was in the automotive industry. I started as a logistics analyst, looking after the biggest production line …. It was quite daunting to be given that much responsibility, but I love a challenge! My first task was to...
by jacky | Mar 21, 2018 | Management Practices
I started my own business a couple of years ago, when I moved to France with my partner and our dog. As much as I would love to say it was all plain sailing, it wasn’t. There have been numerous challenges that I’ve had to overcome, such as learning new technology,...
by jacky | Mar 8, 2018 | Management Practices
I started my business after moving to France countryside with my partner and cocker spaniel. I dreamed of being a Virtual Assistant, choosing my own hours, being able to live and work a nomadic life, discovering France, with my laptop in hand. To do that, I needed to...
by jacky | Feb 1, 2018 | Management Practices
I started up as a virtual assistant a couple of years ago, when we decided to pack up and move to France. I have a BA (hons) in business information systems a Masters in business administration and 25 years’ experience mostly working in planning and continuous...
by jacky | Jan 29, 2018 | Management Practices
As Henry Mintzberg says that “strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions”. Without a direction to head for you won’t know if you’re achieving your goals, so you have to set out your plans for the next 12 months, 2 years etc. And it would be...
by jacky | Jan 20, 2018 | Management Practices
How many times have you set out your plans and something has come along and your plans have been blown out of the water, so you’ve decided that actually you’ll just wing it and see what happens! In 2006 me and my partner Darren bought our first house, and in 2007 we...
by jacky | Jan 4, 2017 | Management Practices
Are you a relatively new online business owner, who doesn’t know where to start? You haven’t got a niche… or you have got a niche, you’re really creative, but not at all organised. You have no idea which systems you need, but you know you need something to improve the...
by jacky | Sep 12, 2016 | Management Practices
Why you need a vision statement A vision statement is a description of where a company or individual wants to be in the future. There are many different types of vision statements and there’s no wrong or right way to write it. They are usually quite short and outline...
by jacky | May 22, 2016 | Management Practices
Sometimes I get up in the morning and have a quick browse through LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or the like and can get distracted by an interesting article, which leads me into another interesting article, or maybe “googling” to find out more about the subject or a...
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