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Coaching - A Needed Expense Or Not? |
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
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As people seek better lives for themselves, either personally or professionally, or both, they're more likely to find some outside help to get them there ie: a professional coach. So the question is whether or not you need a coach to grow your business? Before I talk anymore about this though, let’s explain the different forms of coaching. Coaching A Needed Expense Or Not? |
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Networking For Non-Networkers |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
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I used to classify myself as shy to the point I would avoid answering the phone so I didn’t have to stutter my way through a conversation. When shopping I would go out of my way not to catch anyone’s eyes so I didn’t have to speak, because that would be ‘embarrassing’. People handled me rather than me handling them and yet… I had a fantastic vision that one day I would have enough confidence to step up and step out.
Networking For Non Networkers |
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Experiment Versus Experience |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Almost every week somebody rings us up and asks us to quote on topics as diverse as workplace etiquette, women in business to Gen Y’s, career development and innovation. We then send through the details of our company name and 1 in 3 call us the Australian “Experimental” learning centre. Why do people hear experiential and write down experimental? Why that paradigm? Do people not understand the word “experiential” so they substitute what they think it should be?
Experiment Versus Experience |
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
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I have two babies come to work with their mothers every day and have set up a mothers' workroom so that they can have their babies in with them and still work.
As the babies get older, the mums have decided they will have a nanny come in. That way mums get to have their cake and eat it too - including choosing the nanny and supervising it all in the same area.
 Babies In The Workplace |
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Awards: Pain or Gain Part 2: Making the submission |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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Last blog entry I spoke about recognition through the multiple awards programs that are out in business land. We have established that the awards process can be a meaningful and profitable experience for you to do. So the question now is where do you start?
Awards: Pain or Gain Part 2 |
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
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A couple of weeks ago I was honoured at the Veuve Clicquot Awards in Sydney as one of Australia’s most Entrepreneurial women. This got me to thinking about awards programs in general. Are they worth the pain?
I was first nominated for the Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award in 2000 but did not enter until 2005 because I was just too busy and didn’t think it was worth the effort. I was wrong. Awards - Pain or Gain? |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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I want to talk about time management. Right now it is a really pertinent issue for me.
Wow what a fortnight I have just experienced! Starting on Thursday two weeks ago I began the match of the century.
Tracey in her office preparing to be inteviewed by a film crew ahead of the Veuve Cliquot awards ceremony
Time in business versus time out and time 'in' won. There was so much to do, with so few of us to get everything done that the dilemma of time management
was moot.
There was no time and therefore we needed no management. Gulp!
Wow What A Fortnight |
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Are Larger Women Taken More Seriously? |
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
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I was conversing this morning at a breakfast with several women and men all of whom were experienced HR professionals.
We were having a funny little chat about influence and weight gain as we ate.
Are Larger Women Taken More Seriously |
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Stress! Thriller or Killer? |
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Saturday, 01 March 2008 |
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I know people who live on the edge of their seats. Hands always tapping, legs a bobbing, exuding a cloud that is distinctly grey.
Is this excitement radiating from their pores or is it pure terror? Well from my experience it goes hand in hand. When you do exciting or challenging things there is an element of risk and the knife edge of that can be very sharp. And with today’s busy lifestyle and workplaces the challenges can be incredibly difficult to handle. Stress Thriller or Killer |
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
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We have become a segregated society. Children go to child care, adults go to work and elders retire but many unhappily. This is not how it was ever meant to be. Why not encourage a stay at work longer culture and keep that experience going?
Imagine a workplace where an 88 year old man shares his office space with a 23 year old. Where a 4 year old worker's daughter and her 35 year old mother have a special mothers' work room. Flexible Workplaces |
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