Having the best product or service, the newsiest, shiniest and most innovative business does not, unfortunately, always give us the edge when it comes to getting clients to take up our offer, comply with our requests and do business... read more
Having the best product or service, the newsiest, shiniest and most innovative business does not, unfortunately, always give us the edge when it comes to getting clients to take up our offer, comply with our requests and do business... read more
Professional trainers are a special breed. To do their job competently, they require a broad range of behaviours exceeded perhaps only by versatile actors. What a trainer can do on stage, or in front of a classroom, is based... read more
Professional trainers are a special breed. To do their job competently, they require a broad range of behaviours exceeded perhaps only by versatile actors. What a trainer can do on stage, or in front of a classroom, is based... read more
The news has been dominated of late with the Prime Minister’s discussions about health reform … or more accurately, with his attempts to ‘win-over’ the Premiers during heavy-duty negotiations. Watching the commentary about these negotiations got me wondering …... read more
In his newest book Linchpin – Are You Indispensible? marketer Seth Godin asks: What is your superpower? (He explains that your superpower is not your USP, it’s not your ‘strength’ or your ‘core competence’, it’s that about you that... read more
‘New Year New Career’ is a term well used by employers and recruiters alike in job ads during the lead up to, and aftermath of, the Christmas and New Year period. And there is a simple reason for this... read more
‘New Year New Career’ is a term well used by employers and recruiters alike in job ads during the lead up to, and aftermath of, the Christmas and New Year period. And there is a simple reason for this... read more
At the time of writing this I was at Starbucks in Houston airport, with the infinite variety of humanity swirling around me. I’d just finished spending time with my new marketing contractor, Trish Lambert. We met via the internet.... read more
Rachel Argaman is a visionary leader who believes in “encouraging the heart”. In December 2008, Rachel won the Telstra Business Woman’s National, 2008 Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award. In this interview she shares what shaped her leadership abilities,... read more
We have just released the July Leadership issue of our Women in Business e-newsletter and have included some of the ways you have expanded your capabilities as leader. How have you expanded your capabilities as a leader? Please add... read more
In 2004, international management consultancy McKinsey and Company commenced its McKinsey Leadership Project; to learn what drives and sustains successful female leaders. This article is based on McKinsey’s project report, CENTRED LEADERSHIP: How talented women thrive, published in September... read more
