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 Your Impact IS Your Choice. August 30, 2016 “Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.” Robin S Sharma Leadership is now predominantly about EQ rather than IQ. I absolutely believe this and […] Read More Article What Is Your Value? August 29, 2016 “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” ~ Dr Suess In a crowded marketplace if you simply fit in you will not get ahead. Fitting in is a sort term strategy. In this busy economy, standing out is what pays off in the long run. You have to stand out to maximise […] Read More Article Three Simple Ways To Keep Your Mind Sharp. August 25, 2016 “Self care is not selfish or self-indulgent. We can not nurture others from a dry well. We need to take care of our own needs first, then we can give from our surplus, our abundance.“ Jennifer Louden Over the past couple of months in particular I’ve either been mentoring, delivering workshops or speaking with people […] Read More Article What’s Our Expectation of Service? August 16, 2016 “It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. “ Henry Ford A mentor was sharing his frustration with me recently about the lack of client service delivered by some of his team members. Simple things like acknowledging emails and returning calls. […] Read More 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]“If 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.” Maurice Saatchi It’s […] Read More Article The Game of Catch-Up. July 28, 2016 “A 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. “ Robert Foster Bennett Do you ever have times when you feel like you’re constantly behind the eight ball? Things seem […] Read More Article The Next Wave. July 11, 2016 “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” John F. Kennedy The way we are choosing to work is changing. It’s 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 “The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.” — 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 “Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect but for the respect from others.” ~ 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 Pages: First Page1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253Last PageLoad More ShowArticlesPodcasts Article Do You Understand the Power of Your Team? February 17, 2016 “Employee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of future proofing our organisation’s productivity and performance”. From the book People Glue One of the biggest challenges in business today is retaining good people in business. It’s become an employee’s market where talented staff can demand a premium for their skills and are less tolerant […] Read More Article Are You Empowering Others To Lead? February 17, 2016 “The role of leaders is not to get other people to follow them but empower them to lead.” Bill George How we need to lead in business has evolved and will continue to. With the challenges we face right now, it is clear that we won’t be successful on our own and we really can’t […] Read More Article A Sure Fire Way To Stay Ahead February 02, 2016 “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Walt Disney Sometimes that warm glow of possibility the New Year brings can start fading as we progress through the months. Unexpected things can crop up preventing us from enthusiastically attacking the freshly […] Read More Article Using Your Voice For Impact. February 02, 2016 “If you don’t stand for something how can anyone respect what you do?” ~ Miranda Lambert There are some leaders who have a voice and are not afraid to use it. They have a presence and are confident in who they are and what they stand for. They have a message and they communicate it […] Read More Article 72 Blocks of Time January 15, 2016 “If you love life don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” Bruce Lee I referred to our ‘busy economy’ in my last blog. This is what I believe we exist in. Ask anyone how he or she are and they will respond ‘busy’. And rightfully so, business is busy. Or […] Read More Article What Will Your 2016 Story Be? January 15, 2016 “The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that book by setting goals.” ~ Melodie Beattie Happy New Year! 2016 has greeted us full of opportunity. It’s what we’re going to make of it that will be an integral part of our story […] Read More Article Collaboration Win or Lose? December 01, 2015 “Those who have learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” Charles Darwin It’s a fact that there’s power in numbers! There’s enormous benefit to be had in drawing on the collective wisdom and talents of others. Collaboration at its best can produce fantastic results. Collaboration at it’s worst can be detrimental to business and […] Read More Article What Have You Achieved This Year? November 24, 2015 “Nothing limits achievement like small thinking, nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination” William Arthur Ward The Christmas carols have started, the Myer windows are in full display and the Christmas madness is upon us. It happens every year and yet it always surprises me how quickly it this time of year comes around. You’d think […] Read More Article Are We Too Connected? November 06, 2015 “A brand is worthless when it doesn’t connect with the right audience in a relevant way.” We now live in a fiercely competitive and hyper connected digital world with over three billion of us connected on the Internet and constantly sharing incredible amounts of information. This number is only going to grow. The challenge is […] Read More Article Against The Odds. November 06, 2015 “Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” Orison Swett Marden If you ever needed a shot of inspiration to keep you going, you’ve now got yet another story to utilise. And this story is […] Read More Pages: First Page123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748Last PageLoad More