“Let me use our company as a case-study here. I own a presentation firm, our clients are big corporate companies, in theory they just come to us for presentations i.e. we’re not a ‘creative’ company as such. However when they come, we have a rule, and every employee knows it: When someone visits our office we have to make such an impression that people talk about us at home later, not just at their office.”

“Procrastination is a complex psychological behavior that affects everyone to some degree or another. With some it can be a minor problem; with others it is a source of considerable stress and anxiety. Procrastination is only remotely related to time management, (procrastinators often know exactly what they should be doing, even if they cannot do it), which is why very detailed schedules usually are no help.” (Thanks The Enlightened Entrepreneur!)

“Business literature is packed with advice about worker motivation — but sometimes managers are the problem, not the inspiration. Here are seven practices to fire up the troops. From Harvard Management Update.”