29 October 2023 Newsletter
“Expanding your freedom is the ultimate purpose of the entrepreneurs journey. And there is no end to how much freedom you can have or create.” Dan Sullivan
Hope you’re Thriving!
I’ve enjoyed a week of learning and meetings. I hope yours has been fruitful!
Hiring A CEO
Perhaps it’s the pandemic, perhaps my age or something else, but I’ve noticed recently that more of our clients are hiring CEOs (or COO / General Managers) to Read More...
29 October 2023 Newsletter
“Expanding your freedom is the ultimate purpose of the entrepreneurs journey. And there is no end to how much freedom you can have or create.” Dan Sullivan
Hope you’re Thriving!
I’ve enjoyed a week of learning and meetings. I hope yours has been fruitful!
Hiring A CEO
Perhaps it’s the pandemic, perhaps my age or something else, but I’ve noticed recently that more of our clients are hiring CEOs (or COO / General Managers) to Read More...
1 October 2023 Newsletter
“The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.” Blaise Pascal
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a relaxing week, with some time in France with the family.
Let’s go.
Onboarded for Managers Launch Day
Today marks the official release of my new book, Onboarded for Managers.
As you would have seen during the past few weeks through these newsletters, the book aims to provide a different, Read More...
1 October 2023 Newsletter
“The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.” Blaise Pascal
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a relaxing week, with some time in France with the family.
Let’s go.
Onboarded for Managers Launch Day
Today marks the official release of my new book, Onboarded for Managers.
As you would have seen during the past few weeks through these newsletters, the book aims to provide a different, Read More...
24 September 2023 Newsletter
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” – Salvador Dali
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a lively week with a trip to France for a 2-day annual strategy workshop with a client’s team.
One of the themes of our time together was to bond and get to know each other on a deeper level. It’s one thing to be running teamwork exercises in a private dining room, but it’s another level to be dining together and heading out for Read More...
24 September 2023 Newsletter
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” – Salvador Dali
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a lively week with a trip to France for a 2-day annual strategy workshop with a client’s team.
One of the themes of our time together was to bond and get to know each other on a deeper level. It’s one thing to be running teamwork exercises in a private dining room, but it’s another level to be dining together and heading out for Read More...
17 September 2023 Newsletter
“I never lose. I either win or I learn.” – Nelson Mandela
Hope you’re Thriving!
I’ve enjoyed a productive week with meetings and preparations for my new book Onboarded for Managers which is set for release on October 1st.
More about that in a moment, but first, I heard a fascinating statistic this week about people’s ability to keep commitments.
“In a study of 2,500 people who were asked to keep one promise for 21 days, only 58 Read More...
17 September 2023 Newsletter
“I never lose. I either win or I learn.” – Nelson Mandela
Hope you’re Thriving!
I’ve enjoyed a productive week with meetings and preparations for my new book Onboarded for Managers which is set for release on October 1st.
More about that in a moment, but first, I heard a fascinating statistic this week about people’s ability to keep commitments.
“In a study of 2,500 people who were asked to keep one promise for 21 days, only 58 Read More...
23 July 2023 Newsletter
“There is no substitute for discipline. No amount of intellectual prowess or personal charisma can make up for an inability to identify a few simple things and stick to them over time.”
Pat Lencioni
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with planning, meetings and some learning. On the good news front, global inflation is trending downward faster than expected and Australia may avoid a recession.
Let’s talk turkey.
Why Your Strategy Depends On Read More...
23 July 2023 Newsletter
“There is no substitute for discipline. No amount of intellectual prowess or personal charisma can make up for an inability to identify a few simple things and stick to them over time.”
Pat Lencioni
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with planning, meetings and some learning. On the good news front, global inflation is trending downward faster than expected and Australia may avoid a recession.
Let’s talk turkey.
Why Your Strategy Depends On Read More...
18 June 2023 Newsletter
The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic. Peter F. Drucker
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been an interesting week, with 3 full day leadership workshops.
Here’s a quote from a friend I thought you’d enjoy.
Life takes discipline.
Diligence.
Determination.
Recognise that while sometimes you have to compromise, other times you don’t.
The temptation doesn’t come with a choice between right and Read More...
18 June 2023 Newsletter
The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic. Peter F. Drucker
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been an interesting week, with 3 full day leadership workshops.
Here’s a quote from a friend I thought you’d enjoy.
Life takes discipline.
Diligence.
Determination.
Recognise that while sometimes you have to compromise, other times you don’t.
The temptation doesn’t come with a choice between right and Read More...
4 June 2023 Newsletter
“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” ― Confucius
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a very productive week recording, finalising and launching my new course for Onboarded as well as a presentation for EO.
NEW Onboarded Course
Last week I heard it said that it’s hard to write a short book. We’ve all read books and thought the author could have conveyed their message in half the pages.
For Read More...
4 June 2023 Newsletter
“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” ― Confucius
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a very productive week recording, finalising and launching my new course for Onboarded as well as a presentation for EO.
NEW Onboarded Course
Last week I heard it said that it’s hard to write a short book. We’ve all read books and thought the author could have conveyed their message in half the pages.
For Read More...
21 May 2023 Newsletter
“If you focus on solving problems you’ll probably save your business $1 of revenue. If you focus on creating customer moments, you’ll probably create $10” Chip Heath
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with workshops, podcasts and a lot of discussions about AI and its impact.
AI Impact on the Labour Market
This week I came across this interesting infographic about the impact of AI.
What Great Listeners Actually Read More...
21 May 2023 Newsletter
“If you focus on solving problems you’ll probably save your business $1 of revenue. If you focus on creating customer moments, you’ll probably create $10” Chip Heath
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with workshops, podcasts and a lot of discussions about AI and its impact.
AI Impact on the Labour Market
This week I came across this interesting infographic about the impact of AI.
What Great Listeners Actually Read More...
15 May 2023 Newsletter
“Productivity isn’t everything but in the long run it’s almost everything”
– Paul Krugman Nobel Prize winning economist
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with workshops and meetings, and I’ve been building an online course to dive deep into onboarding. More on that in the coming months, but here’s a quote I heard this week that’s stuck with me.
“After the age of thirty-five, 90 per cent of your thoughts are the same Read More...
15 May 2023 Newsletter
“Productivity isn’t everything but in the long run it’s almost everything”
– Paul Krugman Nobel Prize winning economist
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with workshops and meetings, and I’ve been building an online course to dive deep into onboarding. More on that in the coming months, but here’s a quote I heard this week that’s stuck with me.
“After the age of thirty-five, 90 per cent of your thoughts are the same Read More...
9 April 2023 Newsletter
“It’s not the journey, it’s not the destination, it’s the company you keep.”
– George Gan
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a short week, with a few days off, a retreat overseas, and a few good meetings.
This weekend in Australia we have both a Friday and a Monday public holiday, and if you’re fortunate enough to have the same, I hope that they are both enjoyable and rewarding.
Let’s jump in.
How to Hire a CEO
This week I came across one of Read More...
9 April 2023 Newsletter
“It’s not the journey, it’s not the destination, it’s the company you keep.”
– George Gan
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a short week, with a few days off, a retreat overseas, and a few good meetings.
This weekend in Australia we have both a Friday and a Monday public holiday, and if you’re fortunate enough to have the same, I hope that they are both enjoyable and rewarding.
Let’s jump in.
How to Hire a CEO
This week I came across one of Read More...
2 April 2023 Newsletter
“In today’s rush, we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just being.” — Eckhart Tolle
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with a couple of leadership team workshops and a presentation to a group in Canada & the USA about my book Onboarded.
The highlight of the presentation was a delegate saying, “This seems too good to be true!”.
On another note, I’ve realised I’ve had email problems for the Read More...
2 April 2023 Newsletter
“In today’s rush, we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just being.” — Eckhart Tolle
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with a couple of leadership team workshops and a presentation to a group in Canada & the USA about my book Onboarded.
The highlight of the presentation was a delegate saying, “This seems too good to be true!”.
On another note, I’ve realised I’ve had email problems for the Read More...
26 March 2023 Newsletter
“If you believe that talent is everything, then your hiring process should also be everything” Claire Hughes Johnson
Hope you’re Thriving!
Good afternoon to everyone except those who require wet signatures.
Ok, I’ve written the above statement because I’ve recently been frustrated by an organisation requiring wet signatures. But it’s more than that. Wet signatures could indicate that an organisation might not be customer focused OR isn’t using Read More...
26 March 2023 Newsletter
“If you believe that talent is everything, then your hiring process should also be everything” Claire Hughes Johnson
Hope you’re Thriving!
Good afternoon to everyone except those who require wet signatures.
Ok, I’ve written the above statement because I’ve recently been frustrated by an organisation requiring wet signatures. But it’s more than that. Wet signatures could indicate that an organisation might not be customer focused OR isn’t using Read More...
5 March 2023 Newsletter
“The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline.”
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a fun and productive week, with lots of meetings, working on Healthy Wealthy and Wise with some leaders, and enjoying a few days on Rottnest – our favourite island.
Is lack of stress impacting your performance?
Perhaps you read that and thought, “I need less stress, not more!”.
Understandable, but this is a follow on from my ‘rant’ last week Read More...
5 March 2023 Newsletter
“The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline.”
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a fun and productive week, with lots of meetings, working on Healthy Wealthy and Wise with some leaders, and enjoying a few days on Rottnest – our favourite island.
Is lack of stress impacting your performance?
Perhaps you read that and thought, “I need less stress, not more!”.
Understandable, but this is a follow on from my ‘rant’ last week Read More...
26 February 2023 Newsletter
“The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.” Naval Ravikant
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with a trip to Sydney, two online masterclasses, a training day and a handful of meetings.
On several occasions, I noticed that some companies are desperately trying to find staff, and recruiters are pumping up salaries because they have been given the mandate “just get someone!”.
In one case, a “B/C” Read More...
26 February 2023 Newsletter
“The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.” Naval Ravikant
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a productive week with a trip to Sydney, two online masterclasses, a training day and a handful of meetings.
On several occasions, I noticed that some companies are desperately trying to find staff, and recruiters are pumping up salaries because they have been given the mandate “just get someone!”.
In one case, a “B/C” Read More...
20 November 2022 Newsletter
“The job of the leader is to grow more leaders.” – Robin Sharma
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a fun week, which concluded with a 2-day annual planning session with a group of companies.
I just love that quote above, which states, “The job of a leader is to grow more leaders”. It speaks to the leader as a coach concept, and why the genius with 1,000 helpers is failing as a leader. In ten words, it says to leaders, look at the Read More...
20 November 2022 Newsletter
“The job of the leader is to grow more leaders.” – Robin Sharma
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a fun week, which concluded with a 2-day annual planning session with a group of companies.
I just love that quote above, which states, “The job of a leader is to grow more leaders”. It speaks to the leader as a coach concept, and why the genius with 1,000 helpers is failing as a leader. In ten words, it says to leaders, look at the Read More...
13 November 2022 Newsletter
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a good week with the busyness of the Onboarded book launch fading into regular media interviews and everyday routine.
I’ve been loving getting photos of people with the book, and especially the pictures of books with lots of post-it notes all through.
If you’ve bought the book, it would mean a lot to me if you could post a Read More...
13 November 2022 Newsletter
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a good week with the busyness of the Onboarded book launch fading into regular media interviews and everyday routine.
I’ve been loving getting photos of people with the book, and especially the pictures of books with lots of post-it notes all through.
If you’ve bought the book, it would mean a lot to me if you could post a Read More...
6 November 2022 Newsletter
“You could be good today but instead you choose tomorrow”
– Marcus Aurelius
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been an awesome, enormous week. But that’s what book launch weeks are often like.
One of the more interesting parts of the week was being interviewed on New Zealand’s breakfast show AM at 3.50 am Perth time. It was fun, and I guess it ‘ticked a box’ for me.
I’m delighted with the impact it’s already having on readers and the early Read More...
6 November 2022 Newsletter
“You could be good today but instead you choose tomorrow”
– Marcus Aurelius
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been an awesome, enormous week. But that’s what book launch weeks are often like.
One of the more interesting parts of the week was being interviewed on New Zealand’s breakfast show AM at 3.50 am Perth time. It was fun, and I guess it ‘ticked a box’ for me.
I’m delighted with the impact it’s already having on readers and the early Read More...
30 October 2022 Newsletter
If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between “for” and “against” is the mind’s worst disease. – Sent-ts’an, c. 700 AD
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been an exciting week with a quarterly planning workshop, some meetings, the official launch of the new book Onboarded and a trip to Sydney to speak about Onboarded. Seeing the book creating so much positive impact and usefulness for people has been Read More...
30 October 2022 Newsletter
If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between “for” and “against” is the mind’s worst disease. – Sent-ts’an, c. 700 AD
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been an exciting week with a quarterly planning workshop, some meetings, the official launch of the new book Onboarded and a trip to Sydney to speak about Onboarded. Seeing the book creating so much positive impact and usefulness for people has been Read More...
23 October 2022 Newsletter
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.” – Mark Twain
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a pretty good week with a quarterly planning workshop and many meetings. Also, there’s lots of activity with the new Onboarded book, experiencing excellent presales ordering. A warm thanks to all of you who’ve ordered already!
You may remember a few months ago; I discussed a good question you can ask during an Read More...
23 October 2022 Newsletter
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.” – Mark Twain
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been a pretty good week with a quarterly planning workshop and many meetings. Also, there’s lots of activity with the new Onboarded book, experiencing excellent presales ordering. A warm thanks to all of you who’ve ordered already!
You may remember a few months ago; I discussed a good question you can ask during an Read More...
16 September 2022 Newsletter
“Effective organisations are unnatural. The natural state of organisations is bureaucracy and turf wars, and once deprived of effective leadership they revert to their natural state with shocking speed.” Paul Graham
Hope you’re Thriving! Things are in full swing for the new Onboarded book release here, with lots of interviews and media interest.
I also spoke to a group this week about my first book Made to Thrive and had an email from someone who said Read More...
16 September 2022 Newsletter
“Effective organisations are unnatural. The natural state of organisations is bureaucracy and turf wars, and once deprived of effective leadership they revert to their natural state with shocking speed.” Paul Graham
Hope you’re Thriving! Things are in full swing for the new Onboarded book release here, with lots of interviews and media interest.
I also spoke to a group this week about my first book Made to Thrive and had an email from someone who said Read More...
9 October 2022 Newsletter
“Don’t talk about growing revenue. Talk about growth in GP dollars or GP %, maybe even Net Profit” – Bo Burlingham
Hope you’re Thriving!
As we move toward the last quarter of 2022 and look back, it’s been such an unusual year.
I started 2022 watching others set new year’s resolutions – which is something I’ve never really entertained. Still, that observation prompted me to ask what I would like to be different this year, and when I Read More...
9 October 2022 Newsletter
“Don’t talk about growing revenue. Talk about growth in GP dollars or GP %, maybe even Net Profit” – Bo Burlingham
Hope you’re Thriving!
As we move toward the last quarter of 2022 and look back, it’s been such an unusual year.
I started 2022 watching others set new year’s resolutions – which is something I’ve never really entertained. Still, that observation prompted me to ask what I would like to be different this year, and when I Read More...
2 October 2022 Newsletter
“Long-term thinkers get criticized in the short-term. Short-term thinkers get crushed in the long-term.” Ryan Breslow
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been an interesting time writing a second book. I didn’t hire a ghostwriter or a researcher; I wanted to do it all myself the way I wanted. It’s not that others do it wrong, that’s their way, and I have mine.
It all started with what I observed was having a tangible impact on the teams I work with, an Read More...
2 October 2022 Newsletter
“Long-term thinkers get criticized in the short-term. Short-term thinkers get crushed in the long-term.” Ryan Breslow
Hope you’re Thriving!
It’s been an interesting time writing a second book. I didn’t hire a ghostwriter or a researcher; I wanted to do it all myself the way I wanted. It’s not that others do it wrong, that’s their way, and I have mine.
It all started with what I observed was having a tangible impact on the teams I work with, an Read More...
25 September 2022 Newsletter
“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl
Hope you’re Thriving!
I was talking with an entrepreneur this past week who was looking to join our Growth Program, and he explained how he had grown from $1m to $19m in revenue in the past two years.
Now that’s impressive in anyone’s language, but it comes at a cost. He had found a sense of meaning but didn’t have a sense of Read More...
25 September 2022 Newsletter
“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl
Hope you’re Thriving!
I was talking with an entrepreneur this past week who was looking to join our Growth Program, and he explained how he had grown from $1m to $19m in revenue in the past two years.
Now that’s impressive in anyone’s language, but it comes at a cost. He had found a sense of meaning but didn’t have a sense of Read More...
18 September 2022 Newsletter
“Be humble enough to accept the process.” Rafael Nadal
Hope you’re Thriving!
I love that quote from Rafael Nadal above – it’s so simple yet contains such wisdom. When you accept the process, you stop bargaining with it. You stop arguing about how the world should work and align yourself with how it actually works.
I remember a year or two ago, a client had an ah-ha moment where she said, “oh, the answer is just to follow the recipe Read More...
18 September 2022 Newsletter
“Be humble enough to accept the process.” Rafael Nadal
Hope you’re Thriving!
I love that quote from Rafael Nadal above – it’s so simple yet contains such wisdom. When you accept the process, you stop bargaining with it. You stop arguing about how the world should work and align yourself with how it actually works.
I remember a year or two ago, a client had an ah-ha moment where she said, “oh, the answer is just to follow the recipe Read More...
11 September 2022 Newsletter
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers” Harry Truman
Hope you’re Thriving!
For quite a long while I’ve promised the new book about onboarding is coming.
Well, this week, it all became very real! We’ve secured a release date for the 1st of November 2022, and I received the first physical copy. I’m delighted with how it’s turned out, how clearly I’ve articulated what I wanted to detail, and I’ve already been told many times that Read More...
11 September 2022 Newsletter
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers” Harry Truman
Hope you’re Thriving!
For quite a long while I’ve promised the new book about onboarding is coming.
Well, this week, it all became very real! We’ve secured a release date for the 1st of November 2022, and I received the first physical copy. I’m delighted with how it’s turned out, how clearly I’ve articulated what I wanted to detail, and I’ve already been told many times that Read More...
