Time To Think

Do you have a structure, or a discipline that makes you stop? Review the last day, week, month or year. Letting the dust settle, and creating the time and space for new thoughts? If you don’t, you will be missing valuable insights into what could improve your business life. When you honour this process with…

Positivity

I perform better in all areas when I am in a positive mood. But sometimes switching to a positive mood is easier said than done. Through evolution I am hardwired to focus on the negatives to survive. So I can experience 9 fabulous things in a week and one negative, and guess what I will…

Appreciation

There’s a mis-match between what employers assume is generally most important to employees, and what employees say is most important to them;   Employees say; 1. Appreciation 2. Feeling ‘in’ on things 3. Understanding attitude 4. Job security 5. Good wages 6. Interesting work 7. Promotion opportunities 8. Loyalty from management 9. Good working conditions…

Listening

Despite years of training and practice, the thing I still find the hardest to do consistently. When I hear something that triggers or activates me, I immediately stop listening and go into my world of insecurity, argument, or justification. And I stay there until I notice what’s happened. Fortunately, this now takes seconds or minutes…