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Jacqui’s Cocreative BLOG

by Jacqui Hogan on June 7, 2011 · 1 Comment

Because we’d like to share ideas with you, you’ll find blogs on a wide variety of topics about business, management, mentoring, innovation and problem solving that we hope will be useful to you. Or at least that you will find interesting!

If you’d like to expand any ideas, use them or just say hi, please join in the conversations here or on Twitter.

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What can crows teach us about Innovation?

by Jacqui Hogan on May 1, 2012 · No Comments

Crow

We humans often think of ourselves as superior beings; the only beings capable of rational thought and invention. So I was intrigued to read in Times recently that far from being bird brains, crows are actually quite bright.

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Mentoring for Dummies

by Jacqui Hogan on April 13, 2012 · No Comments

What is Mentoring? Mentoring is a powerful personal development and empowerment tool. It is…..

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Non monetary Rewards

by Jacqui Hogan on March 30, 2012 · 2 Comments

Thames Valley Chamber HR group recently asked me to present on the topic of non monetary rewards, as an introduction to a ‘table discussion’. Some of the key messages are summarized here:

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5 key ways to motivate your team

by Jacqui Hogan on March 30, 2012 · No Comments

We live in hard times currently, with our teams of people struggling with no pay rises, limited bonuses (unless you’re a banker ) and longer hours – just to keep our businesses afloat. If you’re the manager of a team, you will know that a motivated team is a more productive team!

Continuing the theme of motivating people without having to spend too much money, here are 5 key ways you as a Manager can motivate YOUR team:

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Management Habit 7 – Review and Learn

by Jacqui Hogan on January 31, 2012 · No Comments

It’s all going well , and you’ve started to get comfortable with this management business. Or perhaps it isn’t going well and you are now looking for someone to blame. Stop! Effective Managers take time to review what is going well and what could be improved going forward without assigning blame. They know that assigning [...]

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Management Habit 6 – Nuture your team

by Jacqui Hogan on January 30, 2012 · No Comments

Effective Managers seek to understand the motivation and skills of every individual in their team. They create teams that make the most of these individuals and create an atmosphere of mutual trust and understanding. People work faster and smarter if they feel that they are really part of a team. Although I’ve been a manager [...]

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Management Habit 5 – Listen!

by Jacqui Hogan on January 29, 2012 · No Comments

Leaders and good managers are always aware of what’s going on around them. They know what is happening outside of their organisation, within their own business and within their own team. They do this by having effective listening skills. Through good listening skills you acquire information, enabling you to identify and clarify issues, make decisions, [...]

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Management Habit 4 – Aim for a win-win

by Jacqui Hogan on January 28, 2012 · No Comments

Management can sometimes feel like a  warzone as resentment grows over whether individuals really need a manager. Especially if they are experts or feel THEY should be the manager. To make matters worse, many of us derive our self worth on the basis of what we win. The trouble is that a winner means there [...]

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Management Habit 3 – Understand the Priorities

by Jacqui Hogan on January 27, 2012 · No Comments

Before I started my own consultancy business, I worked for an international IT outsourcing organisation. We took on a major project to design the adminstration system to mange free TV licenses for people over the age of 75. Now, I can’t tell you who the client was, but suffice to say, they were made up [...]

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Management Habit 2 – Define clear goals

by Jacqui Hogan on January 26, 2012 · 1 Comment

Many years ago, in a very rash state of mind, I declared that I was going to become a black belt in Karate. I wasn’t especially fit, but having been brought up on a steady diet of Bruce Lee films, I had the romantic vision of being able to defend myself against all possible physical [...]

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