Making Your Mark.
“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you”.Shannon L Alder Do you ever wonder what people would say about you when you eventually leave this earth? How you will be remembered. The stories people will share about you. The impact […]
Avoiding the Tidal Wave.
I was talking with a friend at the start of the year who described her 2017-year like this; ‘The year started with excitement after a great 4 week break. I had ideas how I wanted the year to be, reflected on the previous year and what I needed to do differently and was going to […]
What Doesn’t Get Done Gets Noticed!
What has happened to customer service? Has the ability to be polite, considerate and interested in our client been absorbed by technology or busyness? Have we lost the ability to deliver on promises? Great client service now seems to be the exception to the rule rather than something that is consistently experienced. One of my […]
The Business of Being Occupied.
Have our minds become so numbed by the distractions, tasks and challenges of our over stimulated and overwhelmed culture that the only way we can describe the work we are doing, our actions, our lives is busy? In one of my Busy? What are you busy doing? workshops last week I asked the team what […]
Five Questions to Identify What Needs to Change.
George Bernard Shaw said, “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Wise words and yet change is something that people find hard to deal with and often fear the most. With any change comes challenge, however, if we aren’t openly embracing and implementing change in our dynamic […]
Who Holds the Power?
Maddy was incredibly excited to get to work. She was thrilled to have been asked to think about some ideas on how the culture of the business could be improved by the company directors. She’d work in the business for some time now and hadn’t been personally asked to contribute like this before. Maddy had […]
Expert Interview – How to Stay Relevant and Engage Our Four Generations.
There are many incredibly powerful leaders in our world and Adam Rowse, of Barclay’s Bank, UK, is one of them. Adam is a dynamic leader who has climbed the success ladder quickly through his natural ability to engage and communicate with people of all walks of life. He is incredibly intelligent and well credentialed, but […]
Culture – The Heart and Soul of Your Business.
The culture is the lifeblood of any organisation regardless of size – it’s the heart and soul. It’s at the centre of talent retention and acquisition, business performance and overall team engagement. Culture is defined in many ways but a simple dictionary definition is the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or […]
The Five Secrets of the Super Organised.
Have you noticed how some people are incredibly organised? Despite the fact their demands are similar to yours – they have a demanding job, children to care for, a partner to love, their health to look and some resemblance of a social life. How on earth do they do it? We all have the same […]
The Five Types of Clutter and Why You Need to De-Clutter.
We’ve seen the shows about de-cluttering a wardrobe or a home and how cathartic it is. The process of getting rid of what we don’t need and haven’t used for a period of time creates space for new and exciting things…..or space to breathe! It also provides a sense of control and organisation when the […]