I was at speaking at the Talent and Leadership Conference at the Marriott this morning and I was asked “What do you know about rewarding people who work in the public sector, we don’t operate in a world about profit, and we need to be sensitive to the allocation of public funds? I started answering the question based on metrics other than profit….but the question was not really about profit. I paraphrase the question to mean “We cannot be seen…
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Purpose combined with risk creates an entrepreneurial sprit.
I was asked these questions for a sales and marketing column. I thought I’d share what was asked. In fact I have been at three different events over the past few days – Lot’s of questions were asked – so I will answer them in separate entries depending on the topic. Having a clear vision in business will allow you to ? Know why you get out of bed every day. Having a purpose has made all the difference to…
Hitting the wall
Another great question from last night?s Amcham event ? well not that great, no one likes to see the ugly stuff. When and why have I hit the wall? ?Hit the wall? is a funny term ? does it imply like humpty dumpty never to be put back together again? And that is the thing, I have had some pretty low points, when unexpected things happen that are not in the plan and you have no idea how to handle…
Success Factors.
Together with Emma Brown (Business Chicks) and Narelle Anderson (CBD Enviro Services) I shared my ?how did you become and entrepreneur? story and the American Chamber of Commerce Women in Management evening on 19 July. What great questions: in fact I?m going to share them separately ? rather than trying to lump them all in to one. What are the three most important factors to success? I learned from Verne Harnish in Mastering the Rockefeller Habits book, about what causes…
Award hopes rising for RedBalloon Days – Daily Telegraph 13 July 2006
Peter Gosnell of the Daily Telegraph picked up the story of the finalists for the 2006 Telstra Business Awards. I am so excited that we have been named a finalist. (The awards will be announced on 18 August – will keep you posted.) ———————– Online gift retailer RedBalloon Days has been chosen as one of the 22 NSW finalists in the Telstra Business Awards. Founded it 2001, RedBalloon Days sells experiences on the internet. It could be a wine tasting…
A sense of achievement puts us on top of the world
I feel fantastic when I’ve done something to be proud of. Something that was not necessarily easy but I worked at it and got a result. I always said that I would run a marathon when I turned forty. Do two halves make a whole? When it comes to Reward and Recognition it is no different. People want to be able to tell the world what a great job he or she did…but culturally we don’t tend to big note…
The Power of Choice.
At least a year ago after I had presented the three elements of a successful program at a breakfast for business leaders I was taken aside by one of the attendees at the end of the event. She said to me ‘You know that you were saying about how people will share about their experiences much more than talk about their possessions, well I agree to a point, but not all experiences are worth talking about.’ Of course at this…
Having Fun (and empathy) with Reward and Recognition.
We have found that there are three key elements to a successful reward program. 1. Acknowledgement (how do they want to be noticed) 2. Did they get to choose what to do? 3. A sense of achievement Now each one of these is an essay in it’s own right. What really works is the sharing of successful stories. I recently came across an article (though written way back in 1997) about simply remembering to have fun with reward and recognition….
I was recently asked about standing out…
Last week I was on a panel at a Women’s leadership event. There was a lot of conversation about how women manage conflict in the work place. Then I was asked the specific question ‘In your long corporate career how did you make sure that you got noticed to get ahead?’ I think they asked the wrong person this question. For a start I left corporate life more than a decade ago! And I know I was a very challenging…
Imagine running a business based on fun - that's what I decided to try when I left a very serious corporate career in marketing to set up RedBalloon...
The Buck Stops Here
I love this one! I just heard it today – it sums up what I think about never giving up. ‘If it’s meant to be, it’s up to me!’ From John Hunter Director of ONE Group