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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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 …
Beverly Flaxington: Seven Steps to Hiring and Retaining the Right Person Read More »
Wayne McDonald, founder and CEO of Success Know How really does know how to take your business from a standing start (or in some cases in dire need of resuscitation) to a 10 fold increase in profitability-at least. His 25 years of experience either owning or running corporate training companies places him as an authority …
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I love when a boss gets it that his most precious assets are his employees. Ken Grenda is on such boss. His tips on how to be a great boss should be compulsory reading for any aspiring CEO A MELBOURNE boss has stunned his staff by giving them a staggering $15 million gift -the ultimate …
Meet Victoria’s best boss who gave his staff a $15m bonus: This is how you do it Mr CEO Read More »
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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If you are like me, you too will wonder about what sets these seemingly ordinary people apart from the rest in terms of their capacity to recognize and identify a need, develop a service or a widget that addresses that need and then go on realize their goal of turning their ideas into millions of …
Robert Jordan Interview: Six Success Tips for Aspiring Billionaires (How They Did It) Read More »
In Part 1 of this series, I finished with the statement that a good leader demonstrates emotional intelligence in his/her daily dealings with their staff. A good leader realizes and publicly acknowledges that they cannot achieve their goals on their own, and a good leader learns to place their well-founded trust in their staff. This …
What has leadership got to do with becoming wealthy: Part 2 Read More »
Answer: Everything! Leadership, or more importantly good leadership underpins your ability to succeed. As a great leader, you are the inspiration, visionary and literally the soul of your business. Click here to listen to the full recording Leadership and Wealth Part 1 It applies equally across the spectrum should you be the CEO of a …
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So, you have arrived at a position within your organisation that has some degree of autonomy and responsibility. In fact, you now lead a team of individuals, with unique talents. Your boss has handed you a brief that requires your team to deliver on an important project on time and on budget. You know that …
Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 4) Read More »
If my 2 previous posts have seemed less than optimistic, let me assure you that there is hope (for us all!). Below is an article by Professor Ginka Toegel the Director of Strategies for Leadership Program, International Institute of Management Development, Switzerland. Companies are not setting themselves these targets out of some generalized notion of …
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