Leadership isn’t just about strategy and execution, it’s about influence. Some... Read More
Insights
17 June 2014
How Amazon introduced me to the Stoics
I first discovered the ancient Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius a few years ago now. Browsing at Unity Books, (Auckland’s best book-shop), with time to kill and a mind... Read more...
13 May 2014
Ray’s motto for maintaining perspective when things go wrong…
Who is Ray you might ask? Well he’s many things; the much loved rescue pet of our CEO and his family, and our sometimes office dog. Ray is a born... Read more...
22 April 2014
Life Balance, and a New Angle on Integrity
I’m not a fan of the term “Work/Life Balance”. I want to begin by restating this concept simply as “Life Balance”. Let’s dispense with the word “Work” right up front.... Read more...
4 April 2014
Teaching Ethics to Eight Year Olds
I’ve recently started teaching ethics to my 8 year old daughter’s class. Up until the last few years, if you had a kid at a NSW state primary school who... Read more...
13 March 2014
Business Planning – A chance to review performance management
As you enter the annual business planning cycle, it’s worth recalling the old adage that ‘what gets measured gets done’, making it critically important that a performance management framework tangibly... Read more...
