Treat your team members as people not robots and see if it makes a difference in their attitude to work. People you know the ones who: Can have bad days here and there Have kids and may need time off here and there to look after them Get sick every now and then At times…
Month: September 2018
Giving more than 100%, giving your 120% or even 150% .
There is a lot of rubbish written and talked about giving more than 100%, giving your 120% or even 150% in a business, team and even sports environment. It might sound good to hear and even motivational to some, but the simple fact is if people are performing way higher than you expected or you…
You can’t plan for opportunities
Got a call from client. They had an opportunity come their way. It wasn’t part of the plan or what they do normally and weren’t sure if they should take it. Had the client send all the information they had and did some numbers. Looked at cashflow, capacity, resources, profitability, etc and it looked all…
How driving a car to work is similar to running a business?
My drive to and from office I realise has a lot in common to people running businesses. As you drive minding your own car and course, you see all these other drivers swirling from lane to lane, trying to beat the red light, doing illegal U turns, overspeeding, driving where they are not meant to,…