Jul 27, 2015 | Business Pitch | Author: Naomi Simson
I heard Megan Quinn share her entrepreneurial journey at a City of Melbourne business lunch recently (raising money for SecondBite). The audience was deeply engaged with her story and felt really comfortable to ask questions. The first question came from a woman who...
May 8, 2015 | Business Pitch | Author: Naomi Simson
Amanda Keller from The Living Room asked to come over to my house and have a chat with me in my living room about Mothers Day (as you do). I instantly jumped at the opportunity…and then I remembered I didn’t actually have a living room to sit in! It was at that point...
Mar 31, 2015 | Business Pitch, TV Shows | Author: Naomi Simson
Move over Monopoly, Scrabble and Jenga; there’s a new game in town, and I seem to be playing it every day. My guess is the other Sharks are playing it too. Official kick off starts at 7.30pm on Sunday nights in close to a million homes across Australia, but it’s...
Feb 28, 2015 | Business Pitch | Author: Naomi Simson
Purpose extract from Live What You Love I don’t live to work, I work to live. But if I love the work I choose, then my work is no longer work. Our society celebrates the idea of the workaholic. Earlier in this book I have written that the happy employee creates a...
Feb 10, 2015 | Business Pitch, Lessons | Author: Naomi Simson
Positivity in leadership (from Live What You Love) A positive leadership relationship inspires people to become more than they might have been without the relationship. Following an effective leader, people accomplish and achieve more than they may ever have dreamed...
Jan 28, 2015 | Business Pitch, Employee Experience | Author: Naomi Simson
Here is a small extract from my book Live What You Love There’s a notion that passion belongs to artistic types, musicians, painters, writers and children at play. The idea of being passionate at work can be met with, ‘That’s ridiculous! We’re all meant to be...