Success is made from many things. An inspirational leader? An award-winning image or logo? Fantastic products? Social media flair? Fabulous, new shiny Head Quarters? Numerous successful organisations have these. But the most important thing they have, is a definite and common understanding of who they are, where they are heading, and how they are going
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How Well Is Your Organisation Harnessing Its Collective Brain?
Employee generated insights for identifying problems, overcoming obstacles and harnessing opportunities are extremely powerful. Employees who are at the coal-face of the business, dealing with customers and hearing about competitive activity, have access to vital information. The collective brain is simply the sum of the entire organisations’ individual brains, working together to achieve a goal.
What Business Can Learn From Horse Trainers
Well, it is that time of year again; the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is in full swing. Every year, on the first Tuesday in November, a large percentage of Australians become racing experts as television screens are turned on to the watch “the race that stops the nation”. It is amazing to see businesses close
Why IIeX Sydney in December is a must attend event
If you are anything like me, it is likely you read more than your fair share of articles and blogs about Innovation and Change. Which means you have probably read the statistic suggesting at least 70% of change efforts fail, and a large part of that 70% is made up of failed innovation. I was
Getting Communication Right!
Recently I encountered a situation that I haven’t experienced for a while. I placed a lovely young lady in a high pressure, dynamic, ASX listed company on a contract. A hands on, hit the ground running, ASAP, kind of role. Knowing her and her personality very well, she is the type of lady that will
Which Age Are You Operating In?
From a business perspective, we certainly live in interesting, exciting and downright confusing times. The word ‘change’ seems to power an ever-increasing amount of content marketing and blogs that I come across (perhaps I am drawn to these?). Recently, I read one article in particular which inspired me to start tapping my own fingers on
Culture Matters; Trust Me
A long term client of mine was recently “promoted” into a new role within a highly prominent publicly listed company. It should have been a crowning glory within his career; a high point for him after 20 years of post-graduate slog. He is now in a position to be the next CEO and, given the
Different Perspectives – It’s Not All About Me!
The Plan After some chatting with my wife, we had the idea to take our eldest son to the snow for a skiing trip. When I say we, my wife meant me. “Brilliant!” I thought to myself. I’d love to go snow skiing again as I haven’t done it for years. And I’d get to
Motivate Me: Is It Possible? Or Do I Just Need To Be Inspired?
I recently had two of my most experienced team members go off to a sales conference of sorts. They have been working with me for over ten years and both of them are in highly customer focused roles. They wouldn’t mind me sharing this (I hope…..too late any way) but they were both feeling a