Octavian Mihai

CONTEXT Emotional responses, high-stress situations, work environment, know yourself, personal management. INTENT This post is the first of a longer series I started to write about the value of our actions. I am exploring intentions behind actions and issues we have when called to make high-stress and fast responses. I am aware of terminology issues [...]

TL;DR: Get real, know yourself, get things done. CONTEXT: Jonathan suggested to me to write a post about results. However, one cannot write about results without mentioning successes and failures. INTENT: No particular intention. Just some insights while exploring the success, failure and results’ concepts. 1. BE PROACTIVE AND A CLOSER Close the door to your room. [...]

Thank you all for coming to my conference on business productivity & co. I’ll post the presentation whenever i have some time. For those who cannot wait I can email it on request.

20% : the average yearly turnover Out of 10 people in a room 2 will not be here next year. Which ones??? 200% : on average annual salary to replace an employee Consider interviews, job posting, admin fees, training, knowledge management losses, productivity losses, contagion factor, client stress, etc. So yes, losing employees costs you [...]

60% : the average time an employee spends at work working (creating value) How to maximize that time? Improve project management – Activities planing and scheduling Do your project managers plan 80% of an employee workday on a project? Your project will be late. – Clear tasks Your project managers should minimize the time the [...]