March 02, 2015
“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. “~ Ronald Reagan You want it! The person next door to you wants it. I want it! Growth! Growth is an innate human need. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, stage 5 is Self-Actualization – realising personal […]
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February 28, 2015
“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” ~ Brian Tracy To be really honest with you, I struggled to write my blog today. I am feeling drained, tired and would prefer to curl up in a ball and go to sleep rather than write this. BUT, business leaders generally don’t have that luxury and […]
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February 16, 2015
‘Vision – the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom.’ Historically, great leaders are those with vision. They have the ability to elevate themselves above the chaos and noise that is everyday business life, let’s call it the dance floor, to the quietness of the balcony above enabling them to […]
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February 09, 2015
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst” ~ William Penn One of the biggest concerns I have for people in business, myself included, is falling into the same ‘groove’ we were in last year. I was reminded of this when I was facilitating a discussion last Thursday night. The topic of time […]
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February 03, 2015
“Change before you have to.” ~ Jack Welsh Politics would provide such comical relief from the seriousness of the day to day if it weren’t such a critical concern for each and every one of us. Watching our Prime Minister unraveling at the seams day by day is actually disturbing. And he’s unraveling fast. Taking credit for […]
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January 21, 2015
“It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” Hans F Hansen How do you differentiate yourself &/or your business? Service? Product? Expertise? Pricing? Are these really different to your competitors? To all the similar, if not same kinds of business found at the click of a finger on the web? […]
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January 20, 2015
“There’s never been a better time to change the way you think. Replace every ‘I can’t’ with ‘How can I?’ It might sound like semantics, but I promise it will bring whatever you want to accomplish much closer to becoming a reality.” ~ Maynard Webb As leaders we all have situations that just suck the […]
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January 08, 2015
Happy New Year! If you had a break I hope it was a relaxing one for you. After the speed and chaos of last year, I think we’d all agree that another year of the same just wouldn’t be sustainable. So how will we slow things down when the pace of 2015 is more than […]
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December 11, 2014
This year has reminded me of a Ferrari – red, fast and loud. It’s something that you look at and get whiplash when it flies past! So if you’re feeling exhausted right about now I think you’re in good company! This time of year often brings about the obligatory business associate catch ups where the […]
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December 02, 2014
“If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and you would achieve nothing.” ~ Margaret Thatcher Being liked is a natural human need. We are social creatures and prefer company than living a life of solitude (some days this can be debatable!). Most people like to […]
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