Innovation is the responsibility of every person in a business – it is a way of thinking. It is the endless pursuit of improvement and discovery. Ideas that, turn into concepts, proto types and ultimately become commercial reality. Leadership is to nurture this commitment, which will lead to an innovative culture. There must be clear ambition (to see what is possible) There must be a practical approach to how things will be achieved. Innovation must be tirelessly, endlessly pursued with…
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Three lessons in sustainable success
I had the delight of my colleague Jemma (RedBalloon GM) sharing with me her insights from the former CEO of McDonalds Australia, Peter Ritchie who started back in 1973 as McDonald’s Australia’s first ever employee and the first employee outside of North America. He shared with us is long journey (32 years with the brand) and the lessons he learned along the way. She tells me he had a wonderful and very simple story about the growth of the brand…
Fit to be an entrepreneur.
Some people shudder just to read the word fitness; others instantly feel a dull sense of guilt in the pit of their stomach, others of course live for it. Wellness, fitness, nutrition – are not things that you would expect to hear about from me. Looking after myself though is one of my responsibilities. I have so many people that count on me… not just my children, husband, family and friends, but the RedBallooners, our suppliers, customers, and the broader…
If you have a moment..
RedBalloon for Corporate is quite pleased to be nominated for the Human Capital Top 5 Teambuilding Organisation or Incentive provider award – but apparently to take the nomination to the next stage – people need to vote for us… If you are a client, know what we do – or just want to put in a good word… please click to have your say. Thank you.
Have Faith
I have trawled through online articles featuring best employers and companies with high engagement scores (I’m curious as to what others do of course) and I can’t help but notice the negative comments some attract along the lines of “it’s easy for you” from people all over the world. The truth is any organisation no matter the number of people or the size of the budget can be a great place to work if they accept that what they need…
Thoughts from a RedBalloon veteran
On Friday it was time to farewell an original RedBallooner – Sarah was with us in the very early days – and has seen the business grow from 9 people to its present 50. She has caught the entrepreneurial bug and started her own show a named ‘Lady Bug’ as a fully fledged interior designer. As I listened to Sarah’s farewell words, I felt so very very fortunate, knowing that every person at RedBalloon is what makes our culture. We…
A new listening post
I’m sure it is not just my imagination – but I seem to have LinkedIn messages coming to me daily. I joined years ago and sort of let it sit there. Now I find that I am catching up with colleagues from a very distant past – and joining interesting discussion on topics such as employer branding to corporate gifting. I have connected my twitter account and this blog so that it automatically feeds what I’m talking about into LinkedIn…
A crystal ball would be helpful
Hindsight versus foresight: When people ask me ‘have I got any regrets’, or ‘what would you do differently?’ I answer philosophically – we made a few mistakes – some very expensive ones, but we still had to try them – they were all part of the learning to discover what next. Without failures, of course we would not know success either. There is one thing that I wish I’d got right. I wish I’d backed myself more… or just had…
Balancing Balance..
Nigel Marsh has a simple story to tell – which vividly illustrates – “if it’s meant to be it’s up to me”. We are the architects of our own future – responsible for our own happiness. One question that keeps bothering me during these discussions about paid parental leave… is this the right question we should be asking as a community. Raising children is not an 18 week journey – it is 18 years (my mother would say that it…
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...
