Tips & Productivity

This book is a must-read for any current or aspiring ‘people leaders’ and it has had a fundamental impact on the way I lead my own teams. After adopting the principles and advice in the book, I have received a lot of positive feedback from my team, even after tough conversations.

LEAN and the Toyota Production System – Outside the factory floor. My intention for this article is to give an introduction to the world of LEAN and describe more specifically how LEAN thinking processes, developed for the world of manufacturing, can be applied to a setting like sales or office-work. When first introduced into LEAN, Six-Sigma and other similar tools

This is my review of the great book, Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky. Jake and John were both at Google and then launched their careers in writing and productivity coaching. This gives them an interesting view of the intersection of business and personal time.   This book is a great

Have you ever wondered how to drive a successful career in a large organisation? How can you navigate and climb the corporate ladder? Following 14+ years of experience in one of the biggest corporations in the world, these are the top tips and advice I give when asked about this topic: 1. Do you know what you want from your

This book is an absolute must-read! I truly believe it has fundamentally changed the financial outcomes for my family. I discovered the Millionaire Expat by Andrew Hallam whilst researching how to invest while living in Dubai. The book was highly recommended by a fantastic Facebook group: SimplyFI which is a non-profit community of personal finance and investing enthusiasts, whose aim

I truly feel that Atomic Habits by James Clear is a genuine game-changer if you want to understand how to make long-lasting changes or improvements in your life.

I hate email. E-mail is the #1 communication method I use every single day in my personal and private life and I suspect it is the same for you. How many times have you suffered from missing an important email, losing a communication or sending an email in a hurry and having the meaning completely misunderstood by the recipient? Even

Welcome to my very first blog post on charleshaworth.com. I am a business executive within the renewable energy space, who has spent most of my life living in different countries around the globe, including: Nigeria, Egypt, UK, USA, and UAE to name a few. I currently live in Paris, France.  I started my adulthood studying Physics at Imperial College London