Well, it wasn’t a crocodile, which I was glad about, as it was in the middle of the Botanical gardens in Brisbane, but guess it was put there to deter naughty children splashing in a pond they [...]
Micromanaging diminishes your self-worth. When someone is micromanaging you it spells to you that: 1. They don’t trust you 2. They are probably putting you down, and attempting to lower [...]
Recently, I observed a negotiation that went spectacularly badly for a company that completely forgot the basics. The owner had decided to sue one of the big banks in Australia, and not content [...]
Trust. Hard won. Very quickly lost. Being an optimist, I like to start with believing that most people are decent, hardworking and honest. In other words, I start from a position of trust. Let’s [...]
‘I am dead quiet this month’ is a comment I hear a few times from business owners this time of year. ‘Be careful you don’t stop at the end of the third word, is the thought that goes through my [...]
While I have seen many times the ‘tower of power’ among employees in companies, the excellent book called Joy Inc by Rich Sheridan is the first time that I had seen it beautifully named as such. [...]
Strategic business direction… Hmm.. Well it is great that you have a wildly exuberant team, but ‘em just a little business sense, and a business team that actually think what they are doing may [...]
Is the sun breaking through on why your sales are stagnating? Many salespeople like to TELL people what they do, instead of first ASKING questions and then looking to answer these questions with [...]
If you are going to build a team that works, it is not a question of whether you should personality profile, it is a question of what system you are going to use, and who are you going to get [...]
