New Year is a great time to re-evaluate and make resolutions…

But we usually miss a key step in that process. We forget to truly reflect.

Often we hurriedly make our resolutions on the final days of the year, Read more

Today I’d like to share one of my favourite strategies for developing staff.

It’s called setting stretch goals to develop All Stars.

We’ve talked about this often, but it’s worth repeating:

To have a high performing team, you need Read more

This month we’ve covered a lot of ground exploring innovation in business:

• Week 1: The principles – Google’s 9 Principles of Innovation
• Week 2: Setting your strategy – Blue Ocean strategy and the Read more

It’s common knowledge that if you put 10 staff members through the same experience, you’ll get 10 different interpretations.

That’s why the concepts of group brainstorming and problem solving are so important to supporting innovation.

Because Read more

Nothing. And I mean nothing…

Frustrates like:

• Investing weeks and weeks searching for the right candidate
• Spending thousands in advertising, fees and lost productivity
• Exhausting personal energy bringing a new staff member up-to-speed
• Getting emotionally involved Read more

This month we’ve focused on supporting business growth.

If you’ve taken part by completing the growth planning exercises, you’ve now mapped out the next 12 months for yourself in your role or business.

And as you look Read more