Google's 8 Point Plan to be a Better Manager In a previous article we listed a summary of Google's 8 points to be a more effective manager - here is some more detail.Eight good behaviours of effective managers (in priority order for Google)Be a good coach◦Provide specific constructive feedback, balancing the negative and the positive. ◦Have regular one-on-ones, presenting solutions to problems tailored to your employees' specific strengths.•Empower your team and don't … [Read more...] about Google’s 8 Point plan to be a better manager
Don’t let SEO burst your budget
This is a historical page, and remains for historical reference only - Jan 2020 SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is a specialist activity, expensive and you need to know what you are doing... don't you? Right?... wrong!The current commercial and financial climate that we are operating in is causing most of us to tighten our belts and think twice about spending. This especially true for Training, HR and other small consultancies and entrepreneurs. SEO has always been seen as a "technical" … [Read more...] about Don’t let SEO burst your budget
Google’s Project Oxygen – 8 point plan to help managers improve
A practical plan to help mangers be better Google have grown, so has their need to manage. This giga company has the time and resource like no other, and it is use some of that resource to invest not only in technology but inwards. As a part of that investment, the HR team embarken on some research using Google's renound data analysis skills. Project Oxygen (so called as they see people as the life blood of the organisation) was designed to measure the impact of good managers and help the … [Read more...] about Google’s Project Oxygen – 8 point plan to help managers improve
Measuring Influence On Your Web Site
Measuring the Influence of Your Web Site One of the advantages of having an on-line presence is the ability to measure data. Having been listed in a top 50 blog it got me thinking about exposure and what this means for marketing for smaller businesses.Five years ago, we measured web influence by the number of sites linking in, now depending what site system you believe we have between 170 and 203 sites that link, and yet when you google a url on our site there are many more - so how is this … [Read more...] about Measuring Influence On Your Web Site
Time for change in the world of seo
How do you get your site seen on the web? To enable your business web site to be found on the web – it heeds to be indexed. Over the years many have used Wikipedia and social networking sites for this purpose – some have done it very careffully – others may be considered just SPAM.Have you also found that you can never really find what you want on the web any more? Sure we have country filtering – but maybe now it is time for a radical change.For search engines to become reputable … [Read more...] about Time for change in the world of seo