Giving Aspirin Advice

Giving Aspirin Advice

There is no doubt that, as leaders, we are amazing people who know best, and by golly, aren’t our people so privileged to be the receivers of our well-intentioned advice!As humans, we don’t like being told what to do, yet we do love giving advice, and all...
The Land of Make Believe

The Land of Make Believe

Santa isn’t real! Daddy is the Easter Bunny! The tooth fairy’s wallet was empty (aka Mum’s purse)! Do you remember the moment you discovered that it was all make believe.  The moment you grew up just a little and the world became a little less...

Doing Your Brain Filing

If your desk looks anything like mine after a couple of days, it is covered with piles of paper and documents. It takes me a while to find what I need, so every few days I stop my work and take time to re-organise and file away the documents and papers in places that...
Timely Reminder!

Timely Reminder!

I was charging down the highway last week to attend a Think Tank session at Bond University – the speaker was Dr Jason Fox.  A cool dude. As usual, I was cutting it close…on track but aware that if I had difficulty getting a park or got lost, I would be...
Who is your number 1 team?

Who is your number 1 team?

You are sitting in you weekly Executive Team Meeting with your colleagues.  You are the head of Accounting.  The others in your team lead up a number of other key departments in the organisation – HR, Retail, Operations etc. The team is making a decision...

Have we got it backward?

In the military they give medals to people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may gain. In business we give bonuses to people who are willing to sacrifice others so that we may gain. We have it backwards! (Simon Sinek,...