Category Business Tips

Effective Business Planning

I’ve seen too many business plans that don’t work .. not because they lack quality but because they don’t get implemented. Sometimes they are just too long to revisit frequently or are loaded with commentary rather than action, or they…

Connections

One significant driver of the performance of people is the breadth and depth of the connections they have with the organisation whether it be a business, sporting group or association.  Businesses, for example, have long regarded staff satisfaction as a…

Goal Setting That Works

Success is based on the achievement of 6 things: Peace of Mind (freedom from anger, guilt and fear); High levels of health & energy; Loving relationships; Financial freedom (not worrying about money); Having worthy goals (goals the person believes are…

Challenging Self-Development Questions

Self-development starts with self-awareness. The questions below are designed to heighten your self-awareness and must be answered with depth of soul honesty. Then and only then will they help you move closer towards achieving your potential. To complete this self-awareness…

Leadership Defined

Leadership can be described as “a process in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task ”. Leadership is one of the most important ingredients of success in anything. When…

Success does not come naturally

To many people, success does not come naturally … so behaviours must be engaged by decision, design and self-discipline. Not just by what we ‘feel’ like doing. Life is clearly not so easy that all we must do is wake…

Jail Term in Fair Work Case

A business operator has been jailed as a result of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s first contempt-of-court action. On Thursday, May 10, the Federal Circuit Court sentenced Leigh Alan Jorgensen – the owner-operator of a Cairns company trading as Trek North…

How to Live Business Values

Mission – Vision – Values… many businesses have done all that to death, but to what avail? The net benefit of all the meetings to agree on the words, the diagrams, the laminated summaries put up around the business and…