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From a very serious corporate career in marketing to creating a business based on fun RedBalloon, this is my journey. In this blog I share what it takes to be an entrepreneur and what I have learned - warts and all. I am also the author of I want what she is having which chronicles the first five years of building of a fast growing business.
Very proud to be awarded National Telstra Business Womens Award for 2008 in the Nokia Innovation Catogory
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Conflict is not all bad.
People sometimes think that being a part of a best place to work means that it is party time all the time. That’s not the case. Sure we work hard and play hard, but really what we do is challenge each other to greatness. We know that to be challenged can also be truly rewarding.
It [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned Also tagged Business Vision, Female Entrepreneur, Fun at work, Managers at work Leave a comment
Zip up your purpose
RedBalloon was acknowledged by Hewitt as one of only five employers to be accredited best places to work in 2009 - I have had interesting discussions with the people from Hewitt. They have shared much of the research outcomes with us. I like hearing about the theory about why we have achieved such a high [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned Also tagged Business Vision, Employee Engagement, Recognition and Acknowledgement Leave a comment
Better out than in.
I was chatting with a friend this morning who said that he had three of his team resign in the last week. He asked ‘That’s not good is it?’
On the surface we look at the cost of replacing them and all the history and experience that they depart with, and of course we say - [...]
An Amazing Experience
This is my ninth RedBalloon Christmas... And so far it has been the most exhilarating. The numbers are way up on last year. All the planning, preparation and investment means that things seem to be going smoothly. No chaos. The team has it all in hand. We are so much bigger now that there are [...]
Posted in Gift Experiences Also tagged Business Growth, Corporate Gifts, Employee Engagement, Female Entrepreneur, Gift Experiences 1 Comment
3 ideas to reduce employee Christmas disconnect
I'm wishing I had a dollar for every time someone told me they had had a tough year this year. ‘So glad to see the back on 2009’. People are saying that they have worked harder than they have in years yet ‘Christmas bonuses are long since a thing of the past, and salary reviews [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned Also tagged Employee Engagement, Fun at work, Managers at work, Recognition and Acknowledgement, Rewards and Incentives 3 Comments
Press Release – Sale of Go Do Pty Ltd
Wotif.com Holdings Limited (Wotif Group) today announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire all the issued shares in Go Do Pty Ltd (GoDo) from RedBalloon Pty Ltd (RedBalloon)
Established in 2006 as part of the RedBalloon Group, GoDo provides a real time online booking service for "things to do" in Australia and [...]
Defining Employee Engagement
It all depends on how you view the world... at least we know where getting somewhere when the conversation becomes mainstream.
Love it.
Posted in Reward & Recognition Also tagged Employee Engagement, Recognition and Acknowledgement 1 Comment
Let the numbers speak for themselves.
We've finished the report from our recent survey and we heard from 3,053 employees on how well their managers and companies perform when it comes to recognizing and rewarding them, and what the impacts are. We also uncover the secret to what employees really want.
It might be worth downloading the full report
Below are some of [...]
Posted in Interesting Numbers Also tagged Business Growth, Employee Engagement, Female Entrepreneur, Rewards and Incentives 1 Comment


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