Overview
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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Tag Archives: Fun at work
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 Leadership, Business Vision, Female Entrepreneur, Managers at work Leave a 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 [...]
Employer Worst Gifts ever
Given that Christmas is fast approaching.. most businesses have organized what they are giving their people now, but sometimes I shake my head in disbelief as people share with me how thoughtless or simply dumb some employers are about giving a gift. People have worked harder this year than they have in years – and [...]
Posted in Input Please Also tagged Activities and Events, Corporate Gifts, Employee Engagement, Recognition and Acknowledgement 3 Comments
Taking fun seriously.
I participated on a business owners panel last night for the PricewaterhouseCooper Private Clients area. Russel Howcroft asked each of the panelists questions about what we'd learned and how we viewed the economy.
Each of us reinforced the importance the people around us. To have a successful brand it is determined by our people moment by [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned Also tagged Business Growth, Business Leadership, Business Vision, Corporate Gifts, Employee Engagement 4 Comments
Secret Millionaire Chapter 2
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire – Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct 2009
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
I sit here in my bed in a motel on a GoldCoast highway which seems a million miles from home – I can hear the traffic and my neighbors. It's not so bad, just different – [...]
Recognition Every Day… (RED)