http://www.coasolutions.com/blog Blogging Closer To Your Business Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2010/03/23/all-eyes-on-the-budget/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2010/03/23/all-eyes-on-the-budget/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:30:39 +0000 Liz Ebbrell http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=271 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "All eyes on the budget", url: "http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2010/03/23/all-eyes-on-the-budget/" });]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2010/03/23/all-eyes-on-the-budget/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/09/14/time-management-tips/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/09/14/time-management-tips/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:24:13 +0000 Phil Hawthorn http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=246 Guest blogger Phil Hawthorn continues his look at Time Management and highlights the key points that were covered at the recent COA Solutions eFinancials Annual National User Conference and offers a selection of practical time management tips]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/09/14/time-management-tips/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/08/14/time-wasters/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/08/14/time-wasters/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:06:41 +0000 Phil Hawthorn http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=240 Guest blogger Phil Hawthorn returns to the COA Solutions blog to discuss Time Management ahead of the upcoming eFinancials Annual National User Conference. Phil has run One Step Ahead since 1996 – a training company specialising in team and enabling skills. After 13 years, help with time management is still the most common requested workshop, so he will be passing on his experience and tips for a more efficient future.]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/08/14/time-wasters/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/08/06/more-or-less/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/08/06/more-or-less/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:04:04 +0000 Phil Hawthorn http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=230 Guest blogger Phil Hawthorn has run One Step Ahead since 1996 – a training company specialising in team and enabling skills. After 13 years, help with time management is still the most common requested workshop, so he will be passing on his experience and tips for a more efficient future. It is the way of the world, now. Even before the phrase sub-prime morphed into world financial crisis, and finally the dreaded “R” word – recession – entered our everyday lexicon, every organisation I have ever worked with wants to improve efficiency and effectiveness....]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/08/06/more-or-less/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/19/big-week-for-hcm-team/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/19/big-week-for-hcm-team/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:45:18 +0000 Claire Carter http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=219 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Big Week for HCM Team", url: "http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/19/big-week-for-hcm-team/" });]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/19/big-week-for-hcm-team/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/18/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/18/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:11:19 +0000 Claire Carter http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=213 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder…..", url: "http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/18/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder/" });]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/18/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/09/its-not-all-downcast-at-downturn-event/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/09/its-not-all-downcast-at-downturn-event/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:06:30 +0000 Claire Carter http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=202 the upturn would come as soon as 2010. ]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/06/09/its-not-all-downcast-at-downturn-event/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/05/14/more-about-managing-in-the-downturn/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/05/14/more-about-managing-in-the-downturn/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 13:14:55 +0000 Rick Emslie http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=193 COA Solutions Guest Blogger Rick Emslie is principal of Emslie Analytics, a business that helps organisations measure their people contribution. He is also deputy chairman of AdviserPlus, a fast growing business which offers a unique HR advisory service; and one of three ‘old hands’ who run Oxen Park, a European network of HR leaders and business partners.]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/05/14/more-about-managing-in-the-downturn/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/05/06/managing-in-a-downturn-part-3/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/05/06/managing-in-a-downturn-part-3/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 08:42:00 +0000 Richard Donkin http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=175 Guest Blogger, Richard Donkin (author of Blood Sweat and Tears, The Evolution of Work and Financial Times columnist on work and careers) returns to the COA Solutions blog for a third time to discuss how to manage in the current downturn. Just as some employees are safer than others in a downturn, the same rule applies to corporate departments. Sales staff are usually secure, since without sales the whole company will fall.]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/05/06/managing-in-a-downturn-part-3/feed/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/04/29/fit-for-a-prince/ http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/04/29/fit-for-a-prince/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:29:03 +0000 Claire Carter http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/?p=168 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fit for a Prince?", url: "http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/04/29/fit-for-a-prince/" });]]> http://www.coasolutions.com/blog/2009/04/29/fit-for-a-prince/feed/