Lessons from Marketing 101 Years ago when I ran marketing workshops as part of my previous business I came across the old 1950’s print advertisement with the grumpy old man sitting in a chair who says… “I don’t know who you are. I don’t...
“What about work-life balance?” I answered truthfully and said, “When you are starting a business it is all hands, hearts and minds on deck 24/7 – as the business begins to mature what you do might change but the focus and energy required does not.” I continue to work...
Tough times or times to be opportunistic… it depends on how you look at it. By nature, I am a very positive person. But of course, I have no more idea than anyone else on what will happen over the next few months. It is only six weeks since I was listening to...
One of my favourite topics is employee engagement. I have worked for some really great bosses – I have also worked for some terrible one’s in my 15 years of corporate life before I started my own show. So I have been both a boss and an employee – I...
What is stopping you right now? Maybe nothing. If you are a person who is focused, positive, driven and has a clear sense of purpose then read no further… get back to it. If you ever find yourself wondering why other people seem to have all the luck, other people seem...
It might sound basic but one of the key questions I get asked is how do we get people to have fun and be extremely productive at work. What keeps the workplace interesting, people motivated and most importantly make it a fun place to be? Sometimes it is the simplest...
I have quoted the figure that a third of people will decide in their first month when they are going to leave an organisation in this blog before. Yet the numbers I got from the Human Capital Institute are even more alarming. It claims that 87% of new employees make...
It’s all about the why. Simon Sinek is a consultant based in NY who worked out after some years of operating his small consulting practice – that he needed to establish ‘why’ he did what he does. And since he has discovered why he has been in...
