by Alison Gitelson | 24 Jun 2016 | Uncategorised
A friend came for supper after we’d moved house. Whilst showing her around I mentioned that I wanted to sell my old TV and get a new small, flat screen one to fit into the bedroom. Shortly afterwards she received an e-flyer advertising a limited special on TVs from a...
by Alison Gitelson | 4 Oct 2012 | Uncategorised
We frequently hear that we need to have a vision, that we should look ahead, keep our eye on the goal. But some years ago a wise person told me that we also have to lookbackwards. Why look backwards? Imagine you were sailing from Durban to Mauritius. That takes a few...
by Alison Gitelson | 6 Aug 2012 | Uncategorised
“You don’t look yourself,” was the greeting from a friend on meeting me for our final committee meeting of the year. “I am tired,” I replied. “The last couple of weeks I have just been chasing my tail and barely meeting deadlines.” As I said it, it struck me that this...
by Alison Gitelson | 19 Feb 2010 | Uncategorised
The best sales line in the world is this: “Please confirm that I understand your business correctly…” [Depending on the type of business you are in, you can change the word “business” to something more pertinent like: requirements,...
by Alison Gitelson | 1 Jul 2009 | Facilitation, Leader-Management
I have a friend who is the “Admin Handyman”. He recently sent me a solution to something a little out of the ordinary that I was trying to do in MS Outlook. I was over the moon and replied with thanks, asking how he found it when I had spent ages searching for the...
