Becoming a Company Director
If you want to become a Director of a company, particularly a major one, then check out the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Their courses will help you understand your responsibilities as a Director and how to perform effectively as a Board Member. And with AICD membership, you will gain access to a network […]
Endings
After 20 years, the local grocery store Announced that it was closing its doors. No fanfare. No fireworks. No applause. Just a simple message printed on A4, Saying “Under New Management”. That’s all. .
Nervous about where I should be
It’s hard to not view life as a relative game sometimes. With career coaching, many conversations are based around a sense that “I should be in a certain role or at a certain level at this point of my career”. We look at other people our age or with the same professional experience and measure […]
Sold!
We don’t see ourselves as salespeople because we’re not making offers to others in exchange for their money every day. But we are selling every day – we’re just not asking for money. We’re asking people to give us their time and attention. Or to make a decision. Or to change their thinking. Daniel Pink […]
Would they know any different?
When you have to present to an audience or facilitate an activity, you may spend lots of time and effort preparing for it. But then when it comes to your live performance, something happens which isn’t part of the plan. In that moment, you may feel disappointed or want to apologise because it wasn’t how […]
Are you the bottleneck?
A bottleneck is the point in a system that is getting more work than it can process, which in turn is significantly decreasing the performance of the overall system. If you keep missing scheduled appointments… Or if you keep pushing back deadlines… Or if you keep saying yes but then saying sorry… Then you are […]
Passive income
A lot of people in their 20s that approach me with business aspirations are motivated by the concept of passive income. This is where they are earning money with little time or effort. I like to share my experience with my own business. From their perspective, my income is passive as I spend very little […]
Champions
There will be people in your organisation that will recognise your value and do what they can to help you progress. These champions will help you identify opportunities and will be your greatest advocates. Do your best to connect with champions (which means forging relationships beyond your current team, especially those in higher positions). Likewise, […]
Let’s connect
There is a study discussed by Dr John Gottman and Brene Brown that recorded the time spent together of dual career couples with young children. Across an entire week, the couples only talked to each other on average for 35 minutes. And all of the conversation was about logistics. It can be so easy to […]
Thinking out loud
Bec and I saw Ed Sheeran in concert, where he shared a quote from Stevie Wonder that really resonated with him. When asked what his favourite song is, he says he hasn’t written it yet. When you discover a craft or pursuit you love, you find beauty in the process rather than the result, but […]