What it takes to be ‘unbeatable’

What it takes to be ‘unbeatable’

Madeleine Albright famously said ‘There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.’ Perhaps there is a special place in hell for those who don’t help others… no matter the gender. When asked why Andrew Banks was a Shark on Channel...

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Five habits for creating long-term happiness

Five habits for creating long-term happiness

Habits for happiness Habits for long term happiness, Yes please! I suspect that this is the goal for many of us. Over a ‘lunch n learn’ session with the Redii team, we re-watched Shawn Achor’s TEDx talk, about habits for happiness, and it reminded us...

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What ever happened to….

What ever happened to….

We all love a success story; now I find quite regularly that the first question that I get at speaking engagements is “whatever happened to the businesses you invested in as part of Shark Tank?” When we are on set – I am looking for not just the...

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Spending money to make money

Spending money to make money

So this week I have been quoted as saying “recognising your people is not about being ‘nice’ it just makes good commercial sense”. Recognition has always been one of the drivers of what I consider makes a healthy and high performing business. In all my years of...

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