By: Harriet Green

I am City A.M.'s deputy business features editor. I look after the Entrepreneurs page, Alternative Finance and our Office Politics section. I also help out with the Forum, running our daily debate. I have a special interest in distributed ledger technology. Prior to working at City A.M., I ran a social enterprise.

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Checking emails: The cost is higher than you imagine

July 7, 2014

Start clustering your responses – even relegate your boss. Checking your emails is slowing you down – massively. A recent survey found that over half of respondents looked at their inbox more than 11 times a day. A third said they checked each time they got a notification. Even if you only receive [...]
Lessons learned from a leader’s right-hand man

July 6, 2014

What do Batman’s Robin and John Prescott have in common? Julius Caesar is down as having said: “I would rather be first in a small village in Gaul than second in command in Rome”. All well and good, but behind every successful leader, there’s always a number two who is crucial to the running of [...]
Thinking like a leader: Achieve it in three steps

July 3, 2014

Giving fewer answers and keeping an ear to the ground will help you. In the future, “one won’t ‘manage’ people… the task will be to lead people”, said management guru Peter Drucker, back in 1959. He was explaining one consequence of the rise of “knowledge workers” – the bankers, software engineers, and other “gold collar” [...]
The new Isa: Three things you need to know about it

July 1, 2014

The new Isa (Nisa) is a day old and, despite speculation that a rush of investor funds could wobble providers’ systems, savers shouldn’t be deterred from making the most of the enhanced benefits of the liberalised tax wrapper. What has changed? Among several new rules, the amount of money an individual can shield within the [...]
How to combat productivity dips

June 30, 2014

Discovering the secrets of your body clock can make a serious difference to efficiency Forcing yourself to work through the afternoon slump is often an unpleasant necessity – modern life rarely provides the opportunity to pay attention to our body clocks. But you don’t have to rely on cold, hard determination, brisk walks and endless [...]
The new Isa: How to make the most of your Nisa

June 29, 2014

Despite dwindling interest rates, with the right approach, even sticking to cash can mean you are quids in Announced in the Budget, the new, enhanced and simplified Isa arrives tomorrow. Allowing investors to shield up to £15,000 a year away from the taxman – up from the current £11,880 limit for stocks and shares Isas [...]
How to perfect the art of saying no

June 26, 2014

There will always be those tricky situations, but you can set yourself up for success One small word can be very difficult to say. “We fear that every ‘no’ is a missed opportunity to make a difference and build a relationship”, says Wharton professor Adam Grant. And it is easy to feel like [...]
The new Isa is arriving: What you need to know about it

June 24, 2014

ON 1 July, the new Isa (Nisa) arrives. Announced in the Budget this year, the Nisa is both a simpler product and allows investors to shield more money away from the taxman. The annual Isa allowance will rise to £15,000, an increase of £3,480 from 2013-14. And while investors have previously been limited in how [...]
City Moves for 24 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

June 23, 2014

Colliers International Chris Monkhouse has been appointed as a director at the commercial real estate services firm, and will head up its minerals, energy and waste management team. Monkhouse joins from GVA, where he spent 12 years. Gazprombank Asset Management Igor Kan has been appointed vice-president and head of structured products for portfolio management and [...]
Smart 10 minute tricks that’ll turn your day around

June 23, 2014

Transforming how you work doesn’t have to be a long, hard slog If you're looking to become more productive, there’s certainly no shortage of ideas. And yet time-wasting never seems to disappear: a recent survey by Salary.com found that 69 per cent of people say they waste at least half an hour at work every [...]

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