I did not make a fool of myself on Friday at Martin Place in fact the Foxtel laps corporate team challenge was great fun. Fabulous to get everyone out and about and being fit. (UBS was the corporate winner) But I think that Vanessa, Sally and our marketing team made us ‘look’ the best. There is still time to Sponsor the RedBalloon team by sponsoring me
I liked this quote – as RedBalloon has got bigger we have really looked for people with completely different strengths. We use the Gallup Strengths finder to highlight what these strengths are – and we use the guide to work out what will appeal to people and how best to lead them. The last thing we want is a bunch of Naomi clones – that would be terrible – and exhausting. "When team members regard each other with mutual respect,…
Phil and Nik fellow entrepreneurs and I were sharing a ride home from an event recently ? when one said to the other, ‘Thanks for lending me The Magicians Way. (A story about what it really takes to find your treasure. William Whitecloud.) It must be the best book I’ve read this year’ he said. Then he turned to me and said ‘I’ve finished with it Naomi you should read it, you’d love it’ I love to read ? but…
I picked these gems up this week at the AHRI conference in Brisbane. If you’re one in a million in China . . . there are 1,300 people just like you. The quarter of the population in China with the highest IQs. . . is 16 times greater than the total population of Australia. If you took every single job in Australia today and sent it to China. . .You could do it again and again and again 79 times….
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...
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Five things to think about before starting a business.
I was asked some questions for Kirsty Dunphey’s newsletter so I thought I’d share some of them here too. What 5 pieces of advice would you give to someone wanting to start their own business? Know the difference between a hobby and a business Love what you do and do what you love Systems will set you free (1% idea – 99% execution) Understand cashflow – (there is no business without cash in the bank – even if you are…