What business lessons could we learn from the demise of TomKat – aka Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes?
What happens to a business when a family relationship sours? A couple breaks up? Friends fall out?
Each of these scenarios could leave you in a potentially similar situation to what the world press is predicting for the former power couple – possibly surprised, upset and in a fight over assets. Read the rest of this entry »
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Busy? Well now is the time to get out there and seek new business…
It’s easy to get caught up in your own little work bubble. I’ve learned that it’s when you are busiest that you should be getting out to network.
At your peaks, you should be building a pipeline (instead of leaving it till things are quiet) and making new contacts is a great way to do that. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wow the temperature has really dropped and to be honest, I’d rather stay at home with the heater on than head out into the cold.
In even feeling that way, there are immediately a couple of things I’m conscious of. We need a cool head and a warm heart this winter.
Firstly, this is a time of year where bugs are spreading like wildfire through offices and people are succumbing to illness left right and centre. Read the rest of this entry »
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Last year, I heard first hand from a formerly successful businessman who’d made a couple of bad decisions. Fast forward six months and he suffered a breakdown and lost his business, his family and his home.
His journey became one of survival and after a while, with the help of charitable agencies, he found temporary lodgings and began to slowly rebuild his life.
I heard another story from a former senior executive whose wealthy husband began beating her and she fled with her children, sleeping in a car for weeks till shelter was available. These are just two stories of people sleeping rough in our region. Read the rest of this entry »
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It deeply disturbs me that more than 105,000 people are sleeping outside tonight and every other winter night in Australia. That around 32,000 of those are children makes it harder to accept. In New Zealand, homelessness is also an issue.
I know it’s possible to change the situation in both countries and I’m literally putting my body on the line – twice in a week in two countries! – to prove it. From experience, I know each night will be freezing, uncomfortable and won’t involve any sleep. I also know that it is a very small sacrifice to make a big difference and change lives – I’m shamelessly asking for your help. Read the rest of this entry »
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What hope have we got when people aiming to lead from the very top set such bad examples?
In case you missed it, US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney committed one of the biggest spelling mistakes the world has seen when writing about the country he wants to lead. Amercia. As I write this, my ‘spell check’ is picking up an issue – somehow his didn’t.
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I’ve spent the day communicating with people in different cities in varying parts of the world.
One of them is an integral part of my team, but in reality, no one would know we weren’t sharing an office.
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Did you set out to achieve some key goals in your business this year?
Maybe you set some aims at the beginning of the financial year or maybe at the beginning of this year.
Whatever the case, the end of the Australian financial year is looming. How are you tracking to your targets?
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Self-help books are extremely popular. They’re a great friend of New Year resolutions, but with so much help around it’s a wonder that there is still so much help needed.
Turns out a lot of these publications and workshop handouts become what’s termed in the industry as ‘shelf help’ books. That’s because people buy them, collect them and then store them… never to look at them again.
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Flowers? Chocolates? A day of pampering? Not on my birthday wish list today… Nope, this year, I’ve decided that for my birthday, I’m doing the giving.
During my Grateful in April campaign last month, I really loved the feeling of regularly giving to others. I felt happy, invigorated and had a renewed sense of meaning.
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