Jun 30, 2020 | 1. Entrepreneurship, Lessons | Author: Naomi Simson
How we will make every moment count After the ‘Oh noooo’ moment which happened on 11 March 2020 when the World Health Organisation announced, ‘the pandemic’ like most other business owners, we picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off and have been working around the...
Jun 24, 2020 | 1. Entrepreneurship, Lessons | Author: Naomi Simson
An economic uplift for rural Australia I read with interest that ‘Post-COVID, Australians go back to grassroots’; ‘The regions offer brighter post-COVID futures, predicts demographer Bernard Salt’. Salt’s article goes to great lengths to speak of the ongoing and...
Nov 28, 2017 | Lessons | Author: Naomi Simson
ACCC fine to RedBalloon I’m busy finding customers and being relentless. My poor family and friends wonder when I will stop asking for leads, opportunities and ideas on how I can grow my businesses. This relentless approach has worked for me, and whilst it might be...
May 18, 2017 | Lessons | Author: Naomi Simson
Meaningful contribution at work Mother’s Day last weekend made me ponder the concept of a meaningful contribution at work: how my mother contributed to who I am, how I contribute to my own children and also how I contribute to my business and my community. In...
May 3, 2017 | Lessons, Marketing | Author: Naomi Simson
Rhythm in Business My husband (of five months) took me aside last week and said “I do know that this is just the way our life is – you are running a million miles an hour, committed to supporting business owners in their commercial success, but remember you can...
Jul 20, 2016 | Business Leadership, Lessons | Author: Naomi Simson
Do you know people who seem to be grumpy every day? When my colleague Claire sent me the below video – it moved me. The simplicity of the message. It is absolutely worth a few moments to experience a wonderful source of happiness – that is available to the...
Jul 7, 2016 | Lessons, WorkPlace Culture | Author: Naomi Simson
When you hear the term ‘performance review,’ what is your immediate reaction: relish or dread? Is it something that needs to be endured or an exciting opportunity to learn, grow and develop? What if there was a way that you could completely flip the performance...
Jun 20, 2016 | Lessons | Author: Naomi Simson
As I walked through the city last week between appointments, I noticed the Big Issue being sold by a regular face that I have seen many times. (The Big Issue is celebrating 20 years of helping people help themselves. It is a social enterprise that supports the...