Resources
Three Parables For Regaining Perspective
If you are like me, sometimes I am so busy trying to catch up, stay even, or take the lead that I lose perspective.
5 Ways to Discover Your Unique Talents
The business press enjoy creating mythic heroes of industry and we enjoy it, too. To a point.
Lessons from Warren Buffet
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
How to effectively communicate with your team….
I often come across people in organisations that say things like, “Management never lets us know what’s going on,” “Our questions and concerns don’t get through to them” or “They just don’t care.
Defining your Purpose….
Recently, I’ve worked with several clients struggling with how to define their purpose.
10 Principles to Live a Complex Life!
If you’re like most people I work with, the demands come at you from every angle, all day long, and you have to make difficult decisions without much time to think about them.
Don’t Work Harder – Work Smarter
A few weeks ago, I had several different challenging projects on my plate, each with fast-approaching deadlines.
How to Get Meetings with Decision Makers
One of the key issues clients face is how to get in front of key decision makers. Most businesses think that the only way to secure meetings is through luck or cold calling. Yet there is an easier way.
Importance of Setting Deadlines
It’s amazing the excuses we come up with to avoid taking action.
>Successful People Believe in Themselves
>On November 14th Dr Martyn Newman, one of the worlds leading authorities on Emotional Intelligence is holding a seminar ,in conjunction with High Growth, on Building Emotional Capital in Global Leaders.
Are you trying too hard?
Here’s something that really happened to me this week – it’s a great analogy of how we can try too hard sometimes…
Become the Pilot of Your Destiny
On a flight, when your plane takes off, the pilot tells all thepassengers to stay in their seats with their seatbelts buckled.
>Learning from Steve Jobs
>Over the last week there has been much written about what people can learn from Steve Jobs.
>Steve Jobs’s Legacy: Design Your Own Life
>Reprinted from HBR by Nilofer Merchant
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
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Making Meetings Effective…..
Meetingscan be time consuming, frustrating and if you take in account the cost of yourtime, expensive. On the other hand effective meetings can generate ideas,commitment, resource and build strong teams.
Reducing Workplace Stress
I was reading an article this week on the GallupOrganisation. After reviewing 25 years of data, they found the following 12 elements areindicative of a strong workplace:
The 10 Elements of a Winning Company
There are certain definable qualities highly successful organizations have in common. Extraordinary companies do ordinary things extraordinarily well.
A Reminder of Great Customer Service
Sorting through things last week I came across an oversized business card I acquired from a Lobster restaurant on my holiday a few years back to the US. Let me share this with you…
This is Good…..
A great tale I came across this week tells the story of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up.
Trading Minds – Mastering The Art of Persuasion
Have you ever sat down, closed your eyes, and really looked at yourself or your product through another person’s eyes?
>Steve Job’s Resignation Letter
>Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple CEO on Wednesday. Here is his resignation letter. New CEO Tim Cook followed on Thursday with his own letter to Apple employees.
Bob Parson’s 16 Rules
Bob Parsons, the colourful founder and CEO of GoDaddy. Recently Bob sold a take in Go Daddy for $2.25 Billion to there private equity firms, yet still remains the largets stakeholder.
>What Should Your Priorities Be?
>OK. We’re all a mixed bag of emotions, motivations, strengths, and challenges.