Recently I wrote an article for my regular column in the Jamaica Gleaner that describes what corporate Jamaica can do to invest in an increase in EQ / soft skills, and thereby reduce our murder rate.
OAS Magazine
The OAS puts out a magazine called “Americas” and they re-printed an article I wrote some time ago as a blog post. It had to do with the differences between Jamaicans, Trinidadians and Guyanese employee cultures.
You can find the text of the article here.
New in 2012: Time Management for Coaches, Consultants and Managers
Over at 2Time Labs and MyTimeDesign, I have crafted a new niche to explore in 2012.
Prompted by a post-conference workshop I’m presenting in September at the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, I am finding that there is very little help being provided to those who are tasked with improving the productivity of others.
In the past, it’s boiled down to “Here, read this book.”
To get things rolling, I have written a couple of article for the Sunday Gleaner and the Stepcase Lifehack website.
It’s fascinating to me that no-one has done much to help professionals who don’t know where to start. In 2012, we’re out to change that.
Recent Gleaner Articles
My bi-weekly column in the Sunday Gleaner Business Section continues to spark decent feedback from different corners.
The last few columns had to do with migration, and I provided some specific advice to both those who are thinking about migrating, and the companies they leave so that we all can take better advantage of what is often seen only as a loss.
Here are the two articles:
NewHabits on April 26th
We are offering NewHabits Foundations once again in Kingston April 26th, at the Medallion Hall Hotel.
Visit our information page for details on our time management 2.0 training that includes an Email Overload Module as well as 6 weeks of additional e-Learning.
NewHabits Returns to Kingston on Jan 26th
My time management and productivity programme is returning to Kingston on January 26th. NewHabits Foundations now features a new add-on, in the form of a module titled “Email Overload.”
For more information about the programme, visit http://newhabitsja.info
How to Improve Your Company Retreats
In a series of three articles I have been tackling the problem of improving company retreats, based on my experience of leading these events for over ten years.
You can find the series of three articles written for the Jamaica Gleaner at this link: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/search.html?cx=partner-pub-4993191856924332%3A98b6e2-dgz1&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=wade+retreat+francis&sa=Search&siteurl=jamaica-gleaner.com%2F#450
Shaking Up Egotistic Leaders
This was the title of an article I published recently in the Jamaica Gleaner.
Keeping Promises in Business
This article I wrote on January 5th, 2012 speaks to some of the difficulties faced by our Caribbean tendency to play fast and loose with promises.
Keeping Promises in Business (it’s a Newsday article that neglected to mention my name in the online edition.)
Making the Best of the Trinidadian State of Emergency
The State of Emergency in Trinidad has been curtailed somewhat by the removal of the nationwide curfew, but in this article from the Trinidad Newsday I made the point that there was something that could be learned from our experience in Jamaica.
Communicating During a State of Emergency – written for the Trinidad Newsday.