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Online Business Forum Discussing “Real” Matters Not Theory
Our online business forum is where you can have a free exchange of information, ideas, techniques, opinions and alike with a truly global and collegial community. The current membership comes from 14 countries to date and range from middle managers to CEOs to the self-employed. It’s a very popular service offered by Ric Willmot and Executive [...]
Two Leadership Assets: Vision and Understanding
How can I come to accept that the fault I see so easily in others also hides their strengths?
Do not accept unsolicited advice from anybody
Unsolicited advice is given purely for the benefit of the giver, not the receiver. Never accept it. Seek out those people whose opinion you trust and respect and ask them to provide feedback on what you want to receive feedback on. Reject all other offers, it will not help you one iota. This morning I [...]
It’s a question of excellent management & leadership
I have always said that being an excellent leader, manager, supervisor, team leader, coach …. is more about the questions you ask, the language you use and the information you gather. This morning after speaking at the Brisbane Inner West Chamber of Commerce the questions was asked of me to give examples of what I [...]
Weekly Wisdom No.114: The work that counts
The work that counts Every job, project or event has much to be done. Process stuff. Tasks, research, plans, actions, effort. We understand that. However, do we understand what is the work that counts? The boss invests 15 minutes discussing the design of the new website with the IT people. Is that work that can [...]
Sales Management 501: Moving beyond 101
There can be a serious misunderstanding of what sales management is and is not. For instance, I marvel at some of the nonsense perpetuated by a few in the recruitment and financial services arena in regards to business development, sales and sales management. (In fact I think there is too much “hierarchy” in both of [...]
Weekly Wisdom No.112: 5 Steps to Smart
5 Steps to Smart Your employees are not the same. Your clients are not the same. Your friends are not the same. Your peers are not the same. It’s naive and wrong to consider they are and to treat them that way. The Dreyfus model of skill acquisition posits that individuals move through five stages [...]
ALP Minister Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott & egg foo young
... interest rates is just such an important issue and the ... board has been meeting on the second Tuesday of the month since 1960Bill Shorten ALP
FINANCIAL Services Minister Bill Shorten is wiping egg off his face after a bungled attack on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Mr Abbott was ridiculed for mixing up the date on which the Reserve Bank meets to decide on interest rates. But while attacking Mr Abbott, Mr Shorten repeatedly said the Reserve Bank board met on [...]
Bill Shorten ALP Minister – a most agreeable chap
I support what she said ... My view is what the Prime Minister’s view is.Bill Shorten ALP
UPDATE: No one could accuse Bill Shorten, the Australian workplace relations minister, of speaking out of turn. The politician refused to take a stance during a television interview with Sky News Australia on whether the country’s Speaker should be allowed to return to his role after he was accused of sexual harassment and misuse of [...]
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