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In recent research conducted by Leadership Management Australasia, nearly 4000 respondents in Australia and New Zealand were asked how they felt about their jobs. The survey revealed more than 60% of the workforce either hated their jobs or didn’t care about their work, as long as they got paid. It showed nearly half were considering looking for a new job while 62% either hated or were ambivalent about their work. (Source: APN).

HOW TO TAKE THOSE FIRST DIFFICULT STEPS… Are you one of the many people who have set a personal/business/work goal or a resolution, or said you’ll do something – even something small, but never actually achieved it – or even got started on it?

Emotional bank account withdrawals and lost opportunities… a common event in many business settings resulting in loss to the individuals and the company. I know this is a common occurrence, and yet it doesn’t need to happen this way.

Most Coaches and small businesses see the massive potential of the Web, BUT given the billions of pages and the infinite number of paths a user can take as they trawl the Net, being found can be a lottery.

Systematic management failure is a label I use to describe issues that are years old and have been unsuccessfully dealt with, by a long line of managers. Systematic management failure occurs when managers go into new roles and in no time at all, find they’ve inherited a number of longstanding issues. They discover that despite various attempts in the past to resolve the issues to a successful conclusion, it hasn’t occurred.

You've been working hard, you are a business expert and everyone knows how good you are at your job and now that special day has come that the boss invites you into his/her office and gives you the promotion you have been working for. Great news - right? You are now a boss, you now have people reporting to you and your whole working life is now about to change forever. Here’s a few tips to avoid those common first time manager mistakes

The facts about Switchtasking in business. Has this ever happened to you? You are deep in conversation with a friend or business associate. Suddenly a distraction; the mobile rings, a waitress serves your latte … The distraction ends, you both look up at each other and say, ”What were we talking about?”

I get a bit concerned sometimes when I hear managers decide it’s time to send staff off to courses, workshops or seminars and then adopt a ‘pick a course, ship ‘em off, forget about it’ approach.

The career aptitude test (also termed ‘career-building assessment’) is a good tool for you to take advantage of when you are trying to figure out which direction you want your life to go in . Trying to decide what career you want for yourself can be a very daunting task. With so many possible roads to go down, how do you find your path in life? Taking one of these assessments is a good starting point to find what what type of occupation would be good for your personality type.

When you think of getting through to Customer Services, what comes to mind, a 'brick wall'? Yeah, I had those conversations too, but hey, I've have the other kind also - the ones where the right voice on the other end of the line transmits the right piece of knowledge and a solution then falls into the place; the world becomes a vastly better place, sun breaks through storm clouds and angels sing so on and so forth etc. etc.

So what is the miracle mindset all about anyway?

In my previous article I described the challenge that faced me during my coaching training with Debbie Ford once I came to the realisation that no one was coming to my rescue and that if I wanted to live the life of my dreams, I must take full responsibility for all aspects of my life and for making that dream become a reality.

Why some goals never become reality and how to make sure they do! We use goals as a way stating our intention for the future and (by achieving them) shaping it. BUT goals gather dust too and many go no further than being just a good idea

Organisations in Christchurch have now moved out of their initial crisis response mode into business recovery and a ‘new’ normal. This typically includes temporary accommodation, disrupted workplaces, cramped working conditions and longer commutes; extra or different demands, loss of staff and/or clients or records.

When I first started researching business philanthropy I was amazed and shocked to read how many articles openly pitched philanthropy as a marketing strategy. With statements such as ‘boost your business by creating a compelling charitable profile’, it’s plain to see that for some businesses their philanthropic investment is simply ugly lip service.

Strengthen your influence factor by using these tips to have more leverage with your colleagues, boss, children, friends or anyone else. These tips are easy to use and you may find them more than a little surprsing.

There’s nothing like being in a major earthquake to focus the mind and sharpen the senses. The most basic instinct to kick in is personal survival and following that, concern for the wellbeing of family, friends, neighbours and the safety of homes. Business owners and managers within organisations had additional concerns - their business premises, operating equipment, stock, staff, loss of revenue and possible livelihoods.

What is it that people who lead by inspiration do so differently to those who lead through position? It might just be that those who inspire do so by 'being' who they are - that is their message and beliefs create a connection between humans.

Have you noticed that when you go away, you take yourself with you? There's an emotional side to absolutely everything we do. A huge part of the reason that we do this, is that our behaviour is a vehicle to meet our needs. Our behaviour naturally attempts to find happiness and fulfillment, and is driven by 6 core needs.

Have you ever thought about becoming a professional Coach? More and more people are and since I began Coaching in 2003, much has changed. And so updating an older article I wrote some years ago, here are some things to know about the Coaching world and becoming one.

In an experiment in the USA, a teacher was given a group of under-performing students to teach for a year. Although the students were considered ‘slow’ the researchers told the teacher that the children were the crème de la crème; naturally gifted and expected to excel. The teacher accepted what she was told and expected top performances from every child. Her brain had being ‘programmed’ by what she’d been told and thus what she would experience.

When you hear that word 'but' don't you just grind your teeth? You know that whatever nice thing was said in the first part of the sentence is about to be negated. You steel yourself as you prepare to receive... the real truth.

When you speak the same language as someone else it's easy to believe that all parties have the same understanding of each word. If this were really the case we would rarely misunderstand each other.

There is one common workplace issue that has the most potential to lower employee morale, lower workplace productivity, waste hundreds of hours of person hours and drive managers and workmates to distraction. The issue is poorly performing staff that fail to meet the required work standards and they may be widely known as being this way, for years.

"Absolutely, it can". Here's how...

For a while now blogging has been marketed as the 'blue-eyed-boy' of online business development. But just like a trip into deep space, it can be pretty lonely out there and visitors sometimes non-existent. So is there an alternative? OH YEAH...

The emotional waking up process for me was very slow, hindered by the fact that I believed that I was already awake. I could see that others had a way to go, but me? No way! I was one of the lucky people who just managed to have it all together; but I was very excited about the idea of working, in some capacity, with those who didn't, to try and bring them to my advanced state! Oh, how the arrogant fall and oh, how very hard.

There are times when we need to push past our natural inclination and ‘not be ourselves’ to get the result we need. In a performance review you may need to tell someone they are not measuring up. Do you tiptoe around the point, or are you able to talk about the things you need to, in a way that confronts the problem and sets a plan in motion to overcome it? Some confrontation avoiders see every hard conversation as a potential confrontation and often will do nothing and hope it goes away.

Has the love or romance waned in your relationship? Are you feeling a bit bored or in a rut? Can you remember when the person you chose to share the rest of your life with was the most important person in your life? Well take stock and take action as it’s highly likely you want to create a legacy of a united and loving family.

I am buzzing! Morning folks…just returned from a business breakfast with Glen Rohrig (flounder of Rohrig) and Chris Moody (founder of Poppy Cakes). Two amazing people presenting their experiences with branding their businesses and I want to tell you why i got excited.

We know that Social Media is an important way for Coaches to market their business, but our understanding of how to use this new form of marketing is still in it's infancy. And so, alongside the benefits that Social Media brings, there are also traps we need stay clear of. GET IT WRONG and you can spend thousands of dollars worth of time behind a screen (damaging your eyesight) adding little value to your business. GET IT RIGHT and it's both time efficient and value adding (hugely!)

You’ve probably had times in your life where you’ve achieved a goal so easily that it seemed totally effortless. You established a goal and then it just seemed to arrive, as if you’d picked it out of a catalogue, placed your order and it was delivered to you at just the right time, all wrapped up and nicely packaged.

NLP can, and is, being used in just about every facet of human endeavour. Since it was developed in the mid 1970's the use of NLP has expanded exponentially. The reason for such huge growth? It works! While many people who haven't been exposed to NLP often think it's a type of therapy, nothing could be further from the truth. Here are just SOME of the ways NLP is currently being used.