Geoffrey Robertson with panelists at the Telstra CIO forum in Melbourne I find myself on a board with David Thodey, Anna Bligh and Graeme Samuel and . And we are the new board of Clever Corp – and fictitious corporation invented by hypothetical luminary Geoffrey Robertson. For more than an hour Geoffrey weaves his questions around corporate governance, ethics and growths in a new world of business. I listen intently never sure when he will turn to me –…
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Coming up this week 15 October 2012
Monday saw the end of school holidays… which means that Christmas is fast approaching. I cannot believe it is only eight weeks until the festive season is really upon us. I think I did move the game forward last week. I am enjoying my blogging for linked in – and I had very productive corporate meetings. I enjoyed getting to know this years finalists for the Ernst & Young Eastern Region Entrepreneur of the Year host at the Qantas service…
Coming Up this week 27 August 2012
Last week was a great week of learning – Early in the week I attended the Entrepreneurs Organization event with Tessa Marshall on ‘Powerful Conversations’. Later that day the deputy commissioner of NSW Police – Catherine Burn (and National Telstra Business Woman of the year 2011) spoke at a RedBalloon lunch and learn about her career – which began in 1984 prior to the royal commission – and now she is accountable for a $2.7billion budget. A great story of…
Coming Up this Week 13 August 2012
Some weeks you feel that you move the game forward, others you stand still, and sometimes you go backwards. I was running a two speed life last week – working very productively on project work – but I had a melt down in my Outlook, lost my calendar, contacts and tasks – as well as double up on emails… and yes of course I have back ups – but all these things take time. It was the weirdest thing looking…
Coming up this week 6 August 2012
Last week I spent a very long time in airports and on airplanes…I spoke in Phuket on Tuesday for L’Oreal – and by Thursday I was speaking in Trafalgar for the Gippsland Business Women’s networking group. I had a wonderful time at both – imploring each group of how they can make a difference to those people around them. This Week Monday: One on One’s, Customer Focus Group Tuesday: Monthly Company Meeting with the theme launch, Sydney Sings Choir practice…
Coming Up this Week 29 July 2012
These are exciting times at RedBalloon – but then again when has it every been boring. New initiatives, lot’s of upgrades and change – we even have new ‘outfits’ for the fleet. We managed to get 27 people in total into both mini’s… truly. This Week. Monday: In the office and cramming in as much as I can with meetings Tuesday: Phuket Thailand for a speaking engagement Wednesday: Return to Melbourne from Thailand Thursday: Client meetings & Speaking engagement in…
Coming up this week 4 June 2012
The end of financial year is fast approaching and like my colleagues I am focused on finishing this years plan; as well as creating the RedBalloon plan for 2013 and beyond. This does not negate the fact that I still need to keep doing all the other things that I do. In the last few weeks I have been in Adelaide, Sydney and the Gold Coast for speaking engagements… enjoying myself sharing what we have discovered about customer intimacy and…
Coming up this week 21 May 2012
Not sure exactly where last weeks blog post on ‘Coming Up this week’ went. I was in Sydney all week and I had a highly productive week as we head towards the end of the financial year. There was my philanthropic activities – Best Buddies board meeting – Sydney Sings session (more welcome – Tuesday nights from 5.30 – 7.00) and also attending the Olympic Team Farewell dinner which is a fundraising event. In addition we had Bronwyn Sheehan –…
Coming up this week 19 Mar 2012
Last week I didn’t know whether I was coming or going – I got to meet a total of 1300 people in three speaking engagements in three different regions; Hamilton Island, Sunshine Coast and Sydney. I had a full day in Sydney learning about negotiation skills – as well as writing the final chapter of the next book and the program for the mentoring weekend in April… I big thank you to my colleague Philippa, for keeping me focused on…
New Year – Mentoring
We are now on the final countdown as we rush into Christmas. I don’t seem to have many minutes to rub together, so as I race from one thing to the next I steal a moment to reflect on what an amazing year we are having at RedBalloon – how fantastic it is that we will continue to be frantically busy until 2.00pm on Sunday when people sit down to Christmas lunch – and then the RedBalloon elves will also…
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...
