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Richard Branson’s Enlightened Corporate Management Style

I attended a Q&A session with Richard Branson as the main attraction at the National Achievers Congress 8-9 May 2013 in Adelaide. I came away with the conviction that I am on the right track because he confirmed my beliefs about how people tick and therefore how to get the best of people in organizations …

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Beverly Flaxington: Seven Steps to Hiring and Retaining the Right Person

An organization will only function like a well oiled machine when we have the right people for the right jobs. Sounds logical but the stats don’t lie. According to the Dept of Labor, 50 percent of all employees leave their job within the first six months of being hired. And in a recent survey by …

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Mike Handcock Interview: Rock Your Life

Mike Handcock walks his talk as an entrepreneur, speaker, rock and roll musician and author whose business is his passion. In that sense, he doesn’t have to work to make a living as he sees his work as play. STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS!!!!! Become the ROCKSTAR of your industry in 2013 Use the …

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Making Decisions: Seize the Day

I was again struck by how our internal dialogue can keep us stuck in what it perceives to be certainty and security. What has given me so much personal satisfaction in coaching my clients as they transition from their old job to a new career is watching their true selves re emerge after being suppressed …

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Expert Advice From Female Entrepreneurs Part 2

Following on from Part 1 where I posted excerpts from a webinar hosted by Amanda Gome, founder and publisher of the business E-newsletter Smart Company (www.smartcompany.com.au) called “Women on Top-How to Get There”. In this installment, we examine how your skills can make or break the deal Here are the 3 tips on the subject …

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Three tips for maintaining your equanimity at work

Maintaining your equanimity, composure and internal sense of balance is a skill than anyone can develop. I call it a secret weapon of the successful who seem to be able to navigate their way through an office environment that is studded with booby traps and minefields cunningly disguised as work colleagues; from the hypochondriac who …

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Janet Attwood Interview: Living Your Life With Passion

It is always a delight to interview people who possess an infectious sense of enjoyment for life as it turns up. In the case of my guest Janet Attwood this is expressed as a celebration of knowing and living her passion. She is the co-author of the New York Times Bestseller, “The Passion Test-The Effortless …

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