Category Archives: Team

Aug 11 2016

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Successful Meetings – The Key Ingredient for Getting Things Done!

Successful Meetings – The Key Ingredient for Getting Things Done! For a professional football team to succeed, it needs a rhythm of communication to ensure all players are focused, aligned, and are working towards a common goal. Your business should be no different. Often, as a part of a professiona...

Jul 27 2016

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Being Proactive Means More Confidence and Control

I’m going to start this article with a bold statement. Here it is… Your access to achieving long term and sustainable success in business, will largely be determined by your ability to remain proactive. WOW… Ok so that was a mouth full. What does it mean? Well, it means that by spending more time wo...

Jul 14 2016

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Developing a cohesive team is a critical component to building a healthy business. Where only 1 or a few people on the team are engaging in personal and professional development, implementing new ideas, systems, etc., can become a struggle as those not pursuing growth...

Apr 14 2016

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Maximise Efficiency Within Your Team

Without doubt one of the key areas in your business where you can increase efficiencies is with your team and their performance – both as individuals and as a team. Recent statistics show that most employees are only 69% efficient in their roles on a day to day basis. This means that the average wor...

Mar 17 2016

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Hiring Quality Staff

The reality is that it is becoming more and more difficult to find quality staff. Many employers are hiring in a hurry out of fear of being short-staffed, however, having the wrong person on the team can cause more challenges and cost more in the long term. Having a strong recruitment strategy in pl...

Mar 10 2016

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Improving Leadership in the Workplace

Your business isn’t run by business, its run by people, first and foremost by YOU! Whether you like it or not, believe it or not, you have created what’s around you. If your business is running exactly the way you like it, achieving the dream, growing, developing whatever your vision is – well done,...

Mar 03 2016

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Is Your Team Ready for Training?

Having worked with hundreds of organisations over the last 13 years, what we have observed is that some people in the organisation are excited about the training, others are ho-hum – take it or leave it, and others rebel against any type of training. These differences can be broken down into percent...

Feb 24 2016

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Improve Staff Retention By Reducing Your Payroll

All too often I see hardworking business owners almost held to ransom by certain employees. They infect the team with bad attitudes and behaviour creating a toxic workplace which, not only reduces morale, it also impacts productivity and profits fall through the floor. You know the type of person I ...

Feb 18 2016

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Build a Winning Team That Produces Profitable Work

Employing staff that are a great fit for your business can be a challenge, regardless of what industry you’re in. However building a great team is essential for continued (smooth) growth in a business. Having the right team impacts the bottom line more than people realise. Especially when you’re sel...