
Blog Entry: It ain't easy going green but it can be incredibly profitable02 Sep 2010I am hearing of so many business who are adopting the 'green' attitude - not always for altruistic reasons - and that's OK - if it saves money AND hel...
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Blog Entry: What is your company policy on texting and social networking sites at work?01 Sep 2010I would be interested to hear how organisations handle this. One client of mine totally forbids the use of cellphones and social networking during wor...
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Blog Entry: 96% of organisations now use webmeetings to save travel costs01 Sep 2010But are these meetings effective? Are they any use? Do they work? Could they work better? Check out this information from http:/...
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Blog Entry: How effective are your business meetings (honestly)?01 Sep 2010I worked for one organisation many years ago where the senior team (I was a senior manager) spent two hours every Monday morning in our senior meeting...
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Blog Entry: Is a website really necessary? Yes!31 Aug 2010I know that starting out in business, or for small business owners, the cost of having a web presence seems like yet another cost you can do without. ...
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Blog Entry: NZ very close to having the first 'night sky' World Heritage Status31 Aug 2010If you have never visited New Zealand - and I do realise we are a looooong way from anywhere - but take a minute to look at http://www.odt.co...
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Blog Entry: The 3 'S's' of a long and successful speaking career30 Aug 2010I fell into professional speaking over 20 years ago - and over those years I have seen literally hundreds of hopefuls arrive at the doors of the Natio...
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Blog Entry: Are teens now bored with Facebook? 1:5 have left at an alarming rate30 Aug 2010According to a study by OTX - almost 1:5 teenagers have either decreased or discontinued thei...
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Blog Entry: Its a fact - 72% of marketers now have a social networking strategy29 Aug 2010I subscribe to e.marketer and they always have great info on what'...
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Blog Entry: It's quicker (and safer) to do it myself!28 Aug 2010How many times have you heard yourself saying that? Weekly? Daily? Hourly? And yes it probably is quicker and safer to do things yourself...
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Blog Entry: Would you like a salary of $70K and a bonus of $1 million?28 Aug 2010One hundred years ago (yes 100 years ago) Andrew Carnegie paid one of his managers exactly that. Carnegie's rationale was that the $70...
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Blog Entry: Are you a strategic thinker? If not, you need to develop the skill27 Aug 2010So often as business owners and managers, we get bogged down in the day-to-day. There is a reason why it is good for senior management teams to have t...
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