Most people are inherently good and want to do the right thing. Sure there are people out there whose modus operandi is to agitate, disrupt or bring down others, but they are in the minority. The vast majority of us want to do well and realise that working with others rather than against others will
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Goal Setting For The New Financial Year
I love this time of year. The close of a financial year and the start of a new one. So many ideas on what we did well and where we can improve for the New Year. The year has so much potential and can be as successful as we want it to be. It is
Is It Time To Leave Your Comfort Zone?
Is your comfort zone at work holding you back? Is it time to break out and move forward? What better time to consider this than the start of the new Financial Year – Roll on 2015/2016. We all have up and down days but being stuck in a rut is no fun. It can be
Flexibility: What Does It Mean And How Is It Applied?
Workplace flexibility was a buzz phrase in the 1980’s as the concept of micro economic reform was implemented by governments of both persuasions. Strictly speaking workplace flexibility is about both the employees and employers agreeing to change when (hours of work), where (location) and how (manner) an employee works to achieve both individual and company
It’s Budget Time – Don’t You Just Want To Scream?
With the Australian financial year drawing to a close, it is time to prepare the budgets for the year ahead. This is the time when the finance department, operations and executive management battle it out to lock down a set of numbers that will set the platform for the organisations performance over the next year.
The Ultimate Business Health Check
There are many guides and measures as to the health of a business. Financial performance, balance sheet strength and customer sentiment are three of the most common indicators that are measured by businesses in order to assess their ‘health’. However, sometimes certain situations bring other criteria to the fore where your business is exposed to
Make a Good First Impression in Seven Seconds
Do you know that it takes seven seconds to make an impression? When attending a job interview each of these seconds are extremely important to ensure that you begin the interview on the right foot. There are a few very important points when making a good, first impression, refresh yourself with the points below before
Manners In The Workplace
After going out for a coffee on Friday morning to my local café I was horrified at the manners of one particular gentleman. While waiting for my coffee he walked into the café and started to cough and then proceed to sneeze all over me without covering his mouth – when I made a comment
Same WHAT, different WHY and six key questions.
What do a tree, basketball and Uno have in common? I was in a meeting earlier this week when we were asked to participate in an interesting exercise. We were asked to each draw a tree. Everybody’s respective tree was very similar: it had a trunk with a cloud like shape at the top. Then