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Articles by Jan Bowen-Nielsen
The secret to managing your time
Have you found yourself saying: “It can’t be nearly July already – are we really halfway through the year?” Time flies, not just when you’re not having fun, but merely embroiled in your day-to-day work. Managing time at work is a perennial challenge.
Why Advisers and Accountants Need Coaching Skills Themselves
Jan Bowen-Nielsen is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Quiver Management. Renowned for excellence in executive and business coaching, the company’s 15 coaches, trainers and consultants work with corporates and professional firms across the UK and internationally.
Six steps on the path to successful mentoring
Mentoring is just giving good advice, isn't it? Not quite. Being a mentor is a really rewarding experience. You are able to share your wisdom and experience. You are "giving something back" and making a difference. However, the very fact that you as the mentor are more experienced and probably older can lead to one of the biggest pitfalls: that you start to give advice.
Seven steps to improve the dreaded performance review | Quiver Management | Partner Content
Giving staff annual performance evaluations and appraisals has been widely accepted for decades as an essential and valuable management tool. However, growing research suggests that performance reviews may do more harm than good - and this is linked to the way they are carried out in most organisations. Here’s a sample of the evidence that the current process isn’t working: Second only to firing an employee, managers rate performance reviews and formal appraisals as the task they dislike the most.
The four people you need for a successful business - and how to manage them | ICAS Partner Content
Experienced managers know that no one single leadership style works for every employee – an approach that can motivate one person can have the opposite effect on another. Jan Bowen-Nielsen has spent 19 years equipping companies and business leaders with the skills and training needed to handle leadership and management challenges, using his unique Leadership DNA approach.
Mentoring for dynamic business growth | Sponsored | Professional Development | ICAS
I have trained a large number of accountants and professionals in mentoring and coaching and seen first-hand the difference these skill-sets make. Firstly, successful mentoring is not about giving advice or telling people what to do. The benefits below only come about if your mentoring is highly emphatic, non-judgmental and focused on helping the other person learn and find their own answers. There are two specific angles where good mentoring can improve your business performance.
Top three ways to downsize your inbox clutter
Sifting through the list to find those that require your immediate attention is time-consuming and often frustrating. It’s not a great way to start the week, and you’ll soon feel like you’ve never been away. It’s a subject that comes up regularly in coaching sessions with partners and senior executives: the inbox overload conundrum that stifles productivity and reduces personal effectiveness.
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