Staying Productive During Stressful Times
Wouldn't it be great to spring out of bed and get to work every day feeling fresh, exuding energy and smiling with confidence because your business is succeeding and you love your job?
Is Something Missing From Your Business?
Our businesses don't always perform the way we want them to, but the results we get are a direct reflection of what we focus on.
How To Get Instantly Motivated
Do you ever feel unmotivated? Are you finding it difficult to get focused on taking action for your business? Would you like to wake up and feel more motivated at any time you choose?
It's Not All About You
You don't become worked up because of what people say. You don't become emotionally charged because of their tone. You don't become drained because of their aggression or intimidation. These things happen because you take people's comments personally!
Success Philosophy
How do you build your personal philosophy for success? Success in sales or any other work depends how you look at your work. We become or mould ourself to what we think for. We get shaped with the one with whom we hang out. It's time to come out of the thinking box!
Build Teams That Thrive By Increasing Workforce Resilience
In a business environment that is only going to get tougher, people are now under greater pressure to do more and be more than ever before. Since this sort of pressure isn't likely to change soon, people need to be armed with the right skills and abilities to handle it if they are going to stay productive and effective.
Moving On From Failure, Risk, Rejection And Pain
Many people shy away from change because of the pain they associate with failing. It doesn't have to be that way.
Help Employees Survive Tough Times
Are you preparing your employees for tough times? And if so, how do you help them stay viable regardless of market conditions?
7 Key Elements Of A Good Redundancy Process
Business owners are struggling with some very difficult decisions on how to effectively manage their employee costs whilst maintaining employee morale.
Understanding The Human Reaction To Layoffs
Hopefully it's not the case, but there's a fair chance that your organisation has or will contemplate layoffs. If it is the case, you will observe a range of behaviours that might on the surface appear bewildering; behaviours by decision makers, managers, stayers and leavers. Yet when we look at the behaviours through the lens of human instincts, they suddenly make sense. Let's look at some of the most common behaviours.
Panic Destroys Morale
When people panic, they move into one of the two 'F' phases: 'Freak out', or 'Freeze up'. Both of these extreme responses can have a detrimental impact on your team's work culture, productivity and motivation.
Dealing With Change
For most people, particularly those of us in the fast-paced business world, change is about the only thing you can count on. To get ahead in business you must learn how to deal with, and make the most of change.
Recognising Uncertainty
People like to make sense of their world and business leaders and managers look for formulas to give predictable results and achieve success. There are no simple formulas for success. It is an uncertain world we are living and doing business in. Embrace the opportunity to think differently.
Building Resilience
Just as exercise helps you build physical strength and resilience, so can exercising your leadership muscle to build resilience for yourself and your organisation.
Getting Started; Keeping Going; Giving Up - What To Keep In Mind!
Getting started on our endeavors is easy when we are motivated and enthused. However what about when we have started and things aren't going as we dreamed?
Getting A 'Head' For Success!
What do all successful business people, entrepreneurs and sales people have - that those who aren't successful, don't?
Five Tips For Your Preferred Future
When you create a clearly defined Preferred Future and focus on it constantly, you will discover that every day you are choosing the most important puzzle pieces in your life that will best help you to build your Preferred Future.
Tips And Techniques To Improve Your Memory
Memory isn't like a muscle, something specific you can exercise. It's a way of organising information in your brain. So to improve your memory, you need to change and re-organise the way you think and this will help to support how your memory works.
The 4 Day Attitude Diet
Building positive attitudes in and out of the office.
The Power Of Affirmations
Your belief system, like your computer, doesn't judge or even question what you input; it merely accepts your thoughts as the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Becoming Mentally Tough
Mental toughness is an essential skill required for becoming resilient to the pressures and stresses in work and life.
Habits Versus Comfort
I've been told that a new habit takes 28 days of consistently performing the new task to create.
It’s All About Attitude!
Understanding attitude and it’s affect on your success at work... and in life.
Build A Resilient Workforce
In today's business world, CEOs, managers and staff are under great stress to deliver more in less time. They face conflicting demands, long working hours, and constant change in an unforgiving business environment that keeps getting tougher, busier and faster.
Viagra or Niagara?
Do you or your people know what to do but sometimes lack enthusiasm or energy? Read this article to discover some simple, easy to use techniques to keep you and your team fully charged and eager for success.
Optimists Have A Better Chance Of A Long Life
Every time a close friend pushed himself while exercising during the last couple of months, chest pains forced a halt. Aged 47, he's a little heavier than he'd like to be, but basically in good shape. And he's conscientious about what he eats and drinks. Yesterday...
Big Hitters Are Usually Optimists
One of my pleasures as a conference speaker is hanging out with the Big Hitters. The top performers who do most of the business in real estate, insurance, financial planning, retail selling, franchising etc. One thing sets these people apart...
Positive Expectations Get Results
Elite sport is a unique testing ground for optimism. Unlike many life and business activities, athletes' performance is measured to the finest practical level of detail. If something is not working, the outcome is readily apparent.
Can We Change The Way We Are?
Optimistic people have more fun. There's heaps of evidence that most things in life go better when you have an optimistic world view.
How Prepared Are You If You Lost Your Job Tomorrow?
Do you have a Plan B if you lost your job tomorrow? If not, here’s how to get started on one started ...
Help! My Team Isn't Coping With The Fallout From The GFC
Many salespeople, for the first time, are experiencing tough times when it comes to selling and many are not sure how to handle themselves in these difficult situations. The current climate is, indeed, a test of character.