Taking pride in your work is paramount The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities — Leonard Boswell It’s a simple statement, but it says a lot. We spend so much of our lives at work so it’s important to...
Smartphones – an office gain or drain? I wrote last week about the difficulties of disconnecting from technology. When we were in Uluru on our all company trip, we challenged people to put their phones on flight mode and be truly present with the people and...
Shark Tank returns on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 8.30pm on TEN We’re back on air very soon! Here is the press announcement that was released this morning: Narrated by Studio 10’s Sarah Harris, Shark Tank brings together five of the country’s most powerful business...
A note on brevity Let me keep it brief. Whether your blog is long or short remember: “When we read, we hear a rhythm. There is a rhythm to the words”, according to Tomasz Tunguz. Were you around six months ago during the rise of this social media...
Retail in 2018 is challenging… what are we doing about it? Retail in Australia (and everywhere else) is facing it’s most challenging year, ever… the question is: what are we going to do? I recently read a piece written by Scott Galloway about the rise of...
Leading a Small Business in the Digital Era I travel the country speaking with business owners and the resounding message that I hear time and time again is: “business is not getting any easier”. Finding customers, keeping customers, and creating a thriving workplace...
Employees: what’s your return on investment? It was long ago that I learned in reading Good to Great by Jim Collins that shared values creates team and in my experience, that creates a culture of performance. I find if I’m not sure on how to act regarding a...
Leadership Insights from Julie Bishop Who would have thought that Julie Bishop would experience unconscious bias in her workplace — yet she recently described her time in Tony Abbott’s cabinet as “lonely”. One could imagine that sitting in a cabinet meeting full of...
