The evening before the Telstra Women in Business Awards last year the finalists all met to prepare for the awards the next night. One of the facilitated discussions was around the challenges obstacles women face during their careers, and some…
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Sombre Reflections
The siege last week in Sydney has left us all reeling – somehow feeling personally touched by the events and the tragic loss of 3 lives. My thoughts and blessings go out to the families, friends and colleagues of the…
Posted in On Balance
Flourishing
A number of years ago now I came across the Losada Ratio that states that we need 3:1 positive to negative emotions to flourish. This research was conducted by Emily Heaphy and Consultant Marcial Losada who examined the effectiveness of…
Posted in On Health and Wellbeing
Conscious Leadership Through Vertical Learning
Learning has traditionally focused on horizontal development. Trainers become skilled at designing and delivering training opportunities that develop an individual’s competency, and our training and education systems reinforces this with a competency based model and our MBA programs. Traditional leadership…
Posted in On Leadership
See You At The Top – Zig Ziglar
Book – See You At The Top Author – Zig Ziglar Publisher – Pelican Publishing , Gretna 2005 Rating – 5 I believe you can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get…
Posted in Book reviews
Loving Learning – Feeding our Minds
When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Buddhist Proverb I am very conscious of what I eat and what I put into my body – looking after my physical needs to have energy and vitality to enjoy my…
Posted in On Learning
The Power of Less
Book – The Power of Less Author – Leo Babauta Publisher – Hyperson New York Rating – 4 It is by science that we prove, but by intuition that we discover” – Henri Poincare We are all exposed to countless…
Posted in Book reviews
Sugar – Insidious Sweet Poison.
Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are – Anthelme Brilllat-Savarin (1755 – 1826) Four weeks ago my father had a quadruple bypass heart surgery for seriously blocked coronary vessels. Through Dad’s hospitalisation and recuperation…
Posted in On Health and Wellbeing
You Have 3 Minutes! – Ricardo Bellino
Book – You Have 3 Minutes! Author – Ricardo R. Bellino Publisher – McGraw Hill 2007 Rating – 4 It is by science that we prove, but by intuition that we discover” – Henri Poincare A young Brazilian businessman, Ricardo…
Posted in Book reviews
Building Resilience
We grow at all levels by expending energy beyond our normal limits and then recovering. I am going in my first endurance cross country mountain bike race in 4 weeks time and I have been focusing on increasing my physical…
Posted in On Success