Blog & Podcast Want to Get More Productive? Sign up here to receive my FREE Top 10 Tips to turn Busy into Productive in 30 Days First Name Email* Subscribe Now ShowArticlesPodcasts Article And We’re Off and Running January 29, 2017 Weâre now well and truly out of the starter blocks and into the race of 2017. Australia Dayâs âunofficialâ long weekend is done and dusted and this week sees many back to work after enjoying holidays. Most of the kids are back at school this week and traffic is back to its heaviest. The more […] Read More Article What’s It Worth? January 27, 2017 Candace is a senior executive in a large commercial firm. A self confessed work-a-holic sheâs dedicated and highly successful. She works long hours and spends a lot of time away from home. Home is where her 3 kids and partner are. One morning as she was frantically chewing on a piece of toast whilst checking […] Read More Article The New Busy Phenomenon. January 27, 2017 Have you noticed how may people you have to avoid on the street? And I mean literally avoid or youâll collide with them. I was walking the streets of Melbourne a couple of months ago and I started to take notice of how many people I had to navigate around simply because they werenât looking […] Read More Article Don’t Do It Again! January 12, 2017 You said you wouldnât this yearâŠâŠ. So make sure you donât! Traditionally at this time of year people take time to reflect on the year that was and make promises about what they want to be different. Resolutions are made. Goals are set. Things will be different in 2017. And you feel really good about […] Read More Article What Colour Do You Want to Be? January 12, 2017 Last week I referred to this year as being a blank canvas and the luxury of having 365 blank pages we could colour in. On one of those pages, if you chose to use it to focus on you, what colour would you use to define who you are? And are you willing to choose […] Read More Article A Blank Canvas January 05, 2017 Happy New Year! Weâre 5 days in and I can already feel the momentum starting to gear up for what will no doubt be a big 2017. The start of a new year brings 365 blank pages that you get to design and colour in with your goals and dreams for the year. You have […] Read More Article Are You Caught in the Trap? December 15, 2016 We can all be guilty of it, especially at this time of year! Being caught in the busy trap. A consequence of being caught in the busy trap is that you become totally reactive and distracted. You lack clarity, focus and drive; you run blind and hope for the best; you also have the horrible […] Read More Article When Busy Becomes the Status Quo. December 08, 2016 âNothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I’ll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.â ~ Twyla Tharp A few years ago, I was engaged to work with a leader of a large business who wasnât performing well. It was like he had accepted his fate. He had […] Read More Article What Could You Do If You Were a Priority? December 01, 2016 âOur life is the sum total of all the decisions we make every day, and those decisions are determined by our priorities.â ~ Myles Munroe Iâve just come back from facilitating a weekend retreat where 8 leaders took time out to relax, recharge and focus on self-leadership to enable them to be the best […] Read More Pages: First Page1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253Last PageLoad More ShowArticlesPodcasts Article The Power of Conviction July 29, 2016 [one_full last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][fusion_text]âIf you stand for something you will have people for you and people against you. But if you stand for nothing you will have nobody for you and nobody against you.â Maurice Saatchi Itâs […] Read More Article The Game of Catch-Up. July 28, 2016 âA desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control. â Robert Foster Bennett Do you ever have times when you feel like youâre constantly behind the eight ball? Things seem […] Read More Article The Next Wave. July 11, 2016 âChange is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.â John F. Kennedy The way we are choosing to work is changing. Itâs soon going to be a very different landscape and one leaders need to be very aware of. There has been […] Read More Article It’s Not Easy Being Green! June 29, 2016 âThe best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.â â John C. Maxwell Do you remember your first day in your first real job? The nerves, the sleepless night before, the sweating palms and the fear of the unknown? You […] Read More Article Warning: It Starts With You. June 23, 2016  âEveryone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect but for the respect from others.â ~ Barry Bonds There was a situation that happened on the weekend that only sickened me but makes me question what has happened to us as a human race. I woke up Sunday morning […] Read More Article What Is Lack of Clarity Costing You? June 17, 2016 âItâs a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal.â ~ Steve Maraboli What are you lacking clarity on that if you had would make the world of difference? If you had to read the sentence twice thatâs good! Clarity is the quality of being clear, in […] Read More Article Do You Have To Be A Lunatic To Get Attention? June 03, 2016 âStand for something, even if it means standing alone. Because often times the one who stands solo has the strongest wingsâ. Unknown Australia is currently right in the middle of an election campaign. And yet I couldnât be any less inspired by our 2 potential leaders than I am right now. One says black, the […] Read More Article Why We Can’t Fake It Anymore. May 31, 2016 âGood judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgmentâ ~ Jim Horning Iâd be very surprised if throughout your career or business you had been offered the advice of âfake it till you make itâ. This advice I never really understood. I still donât. In fact now I think itâs the worst advice you […] Read More Article Confront, Don’t Sprint From, The Elephant In The Room. May 24, 2016 âAll problems become smaller if you donât dodge them but confront them.â William F Halsey Itâs interesting how people in business can create so much extra work for themselves and others in a world where people are time poor. It just doesnât seem to make sense does it? I was eaves dropping (they werenât talking […] Read More Article Don’t Follow the Leader. May 17, 2016 âThe best leaders are the best note takers, the best askers and the best learners.â Tom Peters Donât follow the leader sounds kind of counter intuitive doesnât it? Throughout our working life weâve been encouraged to identify someone who is successful, someone who has created a certain success and then leverage their success strategies and […] Read More Pages: First Page123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748Last PageLoad More