Not enough hours in the day?

Start by making a list of your tasks for the day.

Alongside those, write the value to the business, how long each task will take and where each task fits in to your relationship network.

Play around with it, take a step in the right direction and work, long term, with your coach on this.

Forget salami slices - a structured balanced approach to tackling the recession stands CEO's in good stead. How on earth do you measure trust and its impact on a business in this demanding environment?

The ILM now has two years of significant, robust research across 5,000 employees from military/defence to catering/hospitality sectors. Ability, understanding, fairness, openness, integrity and consistency were measured on a scale of 0-100 for managers and CEO's.

The research shows that the challenges posed by the recession offer a real opportunity to actually build trust through strong and effective leadership.

Published by the Institute of Leadership & Management

The News Shopper has canvassed the Chamber's opinion on the Chancellor's spending review. Chamber Vice-President Daphne Clifton was quoted as saying, "This is going to focus our minds and remind us we can't spend money we don't have. Small businesses know this better than anyone."

First published by News Shopper, 27th October 2010.