Influence

The Drivers Seat

The Drivers Seat

Don’t simply be a passenger. Here are three steps to take ownership of the direction your work and life takes.

Patience, a virtue

Patience, a virtue

I am a believer in patterns providing signs and timely reminders… and the pattern I see at the moment, is people being tested in practicing their patience.

Slave or Star Employee...?

Slave or Star Employee...?

Running a business and thinking… “If I don’t work harder than my employees, then I’m not a good role model”. 
Think again… what kind of role model do you really want to be?

Dealing with difficult people

Dealing with difficult people

Last week I had the opportunity to speak to Law Institute Victoria members on Dealing with difficult people…  a topic that is relevant to us all.

In my experience these points are a strong start to creating positive outcomes from difficult situations.



Design your business to run itself

Design your business to run itself

Don’t try to be super-men/women – and swoop in and fix every problem yourself, you are inadvertently ‘disabling others’, creating dependencies and preventing yourself from moving on to other tasks…

Happy teams, Happy times

Happy teams, Happy times

Ever worked in a team of great individuals, but when it comes to working together, it doesn’t quite gel? 

One of the great contributors to team disharmony is misunderstandings and to reduce misunderstandings, we need to improve communication… but… where do you start?