Posts Tagged With ‘ effectiveness ’

This picture either makes you smile or your brain to melt :/ This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in May 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first start-up (Shiageto Consulting) and how those lessons are applicable for the challenges my business is facing during this pandemic crisis (and any business at any time in fact) The initial challenge “I’m not sure I like the name. I mean who even knows how to spell Shiageto? Nobody will ever find it... Continue Reading

There’s a famous quote from management guru Peter Drucker that says: “What gets measured, gets managed!” That makes sense and something I’ve definitely noticed in my personal and professional life (interestingly, as a strategist, I realise too few people actually work out what is sufficiently strategically important that they should measure it instead often letting metrics that are easy to measure dictate what is strategically important 🙄). Being the kind of inherent maths-nerd who is obsessed with a growth mindset, I use metrics in lots of different areas of my life. Examples include: how... Continue Reading

I’m convinced this shirt is too big for me This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in Jan 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! Ever found yourself spending way longer than you should deliberating what you should wear to work? Something that should take a matter of moments ends up filling 10 mins or more and suddenly you’re in danger of being late. Not only is this stressful and leaves you still debating with yourself at lunchtime, but it turns out it could or could not make a difference. [Sometimes I envy my old university professor who explained to... Continue Reading

Ta da! One amazing power shower Recently I had a friend visiting me for a few days. Ok, that’s great to hear that you have friends but what’s that got to do with anything? — Editor* Well, not only was I excited to see them but it also meant that they were the first staying guest at the new Shiageto Towers 🗡🏡. The power of a fresh pair of eyes Wanting to be a great host, I tried to ensure that all they could possibly want was catered for; I made sure the fridge was stocked with all their favourite things, that I put out the good towels and bed linen, that the place was clean... Continue Reading

So close yet so far 🤯 This week already had it’s weird challenges (including turning up to the wrong private members club for a business meeting) so I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised this Sunday morning when another problem beset me. What happened? I woke up bright and early for a round of golf with 3 friends I hadn’t seen in ages. Modern life being modern life, we had booked it in a months before (something I was regretting when my alarm went off at 6am having only gone to bed a few hours before). Having showered, breakfasted and done all the other morning excitements, I headed... Continue Reading

Want to know the truth about flat hunting in the current London market? It absorbs incredible amounts of FQ and EQ The face of a man who has just completed 35km on a Santander bicycle looking for flats Undoubtedly one of the biggest events to happen to me, my life and my business in the last 2 months has been my upcoming eviction from my Central London apartment. As such, I felt it deserved a special series of short blogs exploring this event. This is the third in that series where I explore why this happened, what it means for me and my business and how I am trying to overcome the challenge Followers... Continue Reading

Is this conversation going well I wonder? This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in September 2019 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! I’m sure there is a formal definition of EQ somewhere out there on the internet or in the vast chamber of some renowned centre of academia but I’ll leave them there for now. What do we, at Shiageto Consulting, mean when we talk about EQ? We should probably give a bit of a definition considering that it’s one of the bedrocks of the services we provide… Well, for us, it’s that hidden element that sets the great from the... Continue Reading

Finding a new place to live is a lot like a good strategy project; it requires healthy dollops of IQ, EQ and FQ Undoubtedly one of the biggest events to happen to me, my life and my business in the last 2 months has been my upcoming eviction from my Central London apartment. As such, I felt it deserved a special series of short blogs exploring this event. This is the second in that series where I explore why this happened, what it means for me and my business and how I am trying to overcome the challenge Does this flat meet my strategic criteria? If you read my last blog, you will know that I... Continue Reading

Undoubtedly one of the biggest events to happen to me, my life and my business in the last 2 months has been my upcoming eviction from my Central London apartment. As such, I felt it deserved a special series of short blogs exploring this event. This is the first in that series where I explore why this happened, what it means for me and my business and how I am trying to overcome the challenge Ooh, a letter? For me? Is it fan mail… Oh, no, it’s not 😔 It was a Monday afternoon and I was in the middle of running a virtual workshop for a client when I heard the familiar clunk and thud... Continue Reading

Look at those beautifully manicured nails This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in February 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! Did you know that the humble phone call is dying at a rate of c.2.5% fewer phone calls each year in the UK? This is particularly marked for a certain demographic; a 2018 study found that 25% of people had not made a single call from their mobile phone in the previous year. I mean, I like a gif or a text like the next person but no calls whatsoever?? Wow!! I must admit, I used to be a person who hated the thought of having to call... Continue Reading