Leadership Advice
Many office workers arrive each day and ignore the most pressing and difficult tasks, choosing to begin with lower priority jobs. It’s classic procrastination and it is doing serious harm to your personal productivity. The ability to overcome procrastination and tackle the important actions that have the biggest positive impact in your life or business is […]
Recognition, reward and opportunity; these are the three key staples in the diet of an engaged and motivated employee. Yet – delivering the right balance of these ‘dietary requirements’ can be one of the biggest challenges businesses face. When they don’t get it right, a disengaged workforce and low morale ensues. With 20 years’ experience […]
Running a business takes a lot of hard work. There are many business owners looking for ways to improve their overall business model. Sometimes, it is important to concentrate on the things not to do in business. Many companies are so pressured for profits that they make huge cuts to their business. Although this works […]
Of all the negative influences that can hamper a business from realising its full potential from its employees, ‘otherness’ is perhaps the most subtle – and, in many ways, the most insidious – of all. It’s so difficult for organisations to grapple with, because it is so difficult to pin down in the first instance. […]
On the 16th of March 2016, Sydney will play host to a new conference on the business scene, specially curated to equip CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners with the knowledge to take their business to ‘the next level.’ But unlike others, this one will not be spearheaded by the best executive coaches in town. Instead, […]
If you are a leader – or an expert in your field, whether you like it or not, you are Captain of your personal brand. Do you buy from people you don’t like? Do you return to places where an individual has shown you bad service? Have you been in a business meeting where a […]
The desire to be happy at work and enjoy your job is not an unreasonable one – after all, we spend the vast majority of our waking hours working. True – some of us submit to the notion that getting paid to work is not synonymous with enjoyment, but an increasing number of the workforce […]
For business owners, the line between personal and business life is inevitably blurred. Managing a business is a demanding juggling act, sidelining valued relationships, resulting in frustration and a lack of control over any aspect of our lives. I’ve lived by the following five key principles to create balance in business, freeing time for family […]
We have come a long way from the idea that biggest is best. An increasing number of entrepreneurs are discovering opportunities in cheap-to-establish, technology driven business models; our graduates have become increasingly attracted to the development opportunities offered by emerging industries; and finally, only the nimblest and most agile businesses are capturing the attention of […]
As a business owner, you are in charge with making sure that your company’s productivity is at its maximum capacity. You don’t want to catch yourself waiting for things to happen – as an entrepreneur, it is your duty to have things well rounded-up and functioning. There are many ways to make sure things are […]
The buzz of open discussion, continuous foot traffic between gatherings, and routine brainstorming sessions becoming overrun with passion and excitement; that’s how life goes at an advertising agency in 1960s New York according to the popular TV series, Mad Men. And anyone familiar with this series will have noticed this: while productivity is in no […]
As a manager, maintaining the accountability and focus of your team must be a top priority. For some, this is second nature but for others, it has to be a conscious mindset. That is to say, a chosen mindset which drives the actions and behaviours required to increase performance. In researching high, middle and low […]
Ben Hutt, CEO of careers matching website, JobAdvisor, told Dynamic Business that “building an attractive company culture is one of the most important things for a business owner to do.” According to Ben, businesses, whether a start-up or multi-national, will be held back if they don’t “nail culture.” After online design platform and start-up, Canva, was […]
As a small business owner, more often than not you may find yourself starting the day with a clear idea of what needs to be done, but by the afternoon, you realise that you have not completed the first item on the list yet. This may be because of distracting emails or unscheduled meetings and […]
In 2011, Forbes reported that the commitment of corporate giants such as GE, Goldman Sachs and Google were investing more than $1 billion per year on executive coaching in the US alone. While this is a significant amount of money to spend on executive coaching, when you consider the average ROI for an organisation spans […]
It is not that big of a secret that, in today’s unforgiving business climate, companies are forced to constantly improve upon the things driving them forward in order to stay ahead of the competition. But what exactly are those thongs? According to TNS survey 32% of participants from high-performing companies said that that they have […]
Being a market leader personally is important but being the market leader in your business is very important. I get asked what I attribute to my success in starting and running a successful business, and my response to that is easy. You have to be the market leader in what your business offers or does. […]
Isolation, lack of mentoring and lack of access to professional advice and services are some of the many challenges women face in business today. The 2014 Dell Gender-GEDI Report, a 30-country analysis of the conditions that foster female entrepreneurship found that globally, women and men are not on a level playing field in terms of […]
It’s true that most businesses today recognise the value of diversity. Through strategic recruitment policies and the development of an inclusive culture, business leaders strive to leverage a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to create a commercial advantage. But when limited by your own industry sector, is there a limit to how far you can […]
According to a report published in Harvard Business Review, out of 20,000 hires during a three year research period, 46 percent had failed in the first 18 months and only 19 percent achieved success. The primary reason given for failure was “poor interpersonal skills” which 82 percent of managers admitted to having overlooked in the […]
