Our Insights

All around us every day we commit to different things. We commit to a new diet or exercise regimen (generally at New Years celebrations). We commit to a to do list.

Commit to a course of action like getting through that round-a-bout ahead of that oncoming bus to make sure we're not 3 seconds behind.

And we all know someone who we would say is charismatic. But without other qualities they're not a great leader.

But what is charisma and how does it relate to leadership?  Heres how I see it;

I regularly see clients who for years have driven their home mortgage down by paying higher repayments than the minimum payments required.

While on the surface this seems like a great idea, there are circumstances where it can come back to bite you on the bum.

But I harked back to one of the first managers I dealt with many years ago, a man named Warren McLennan. He was a gentle man who, despite his position in the company, mixed extremely well with everyone.

He had the ability to get people behind him as he moved the business forward, and would show the way rather than just point.  

When was the last time that you took a critical look at you business premises?

I suspect the answer, unless you're in a franchised business or a shopping centre, is never.

So what do your customers think when they come to buy from you or make use of your services??

If you ask my wife Emma my favourite saying, she will tell you it is "the only person you can change is yourself!"

As I swim along the surface of the ocean I notice a school of bait fish flash sideways, spooked by an unseen predator.

I take a few slow deep breaths and sink below the surface, speargun tucked close to my body heading towards the bottom.

A few years ago our business did a team survey asking for feedback on every area of our business.

The biggest issue by far was Communication!

Businesses always talk about 2 main issues with their staff or team - finding good ones and then keeping them. Another common complaint is that they seem to only ever lose the ones they don't want to.

Statistics show that the level of divorce in Australia is in excess of 50,000 divorces a year. Thats a THOUSAND A WEEK.