It’s that time of year when business owners are thinking about ‘how do I reward my team’ or ‘they are expecting a bonus … what do I do?’
I am a believer in sharing the financial rewards with your team. AND I believe it is important that there is some structure and education in place or [...]

Is it possible to have a hostage situation in business. Probably. It might be a big really important customer that makes you feel that way or the government or your own business.
The hostage situation I’m talking about is when you as the owner feel hostage to a member of your team. This is the situation [...]

The Power of a Common Goal
If you lead a team, one of the most powerful ways to unite people is to have everyone working towards a common goal.
If people just turn up to work each day and are expected to do their best, it is not too inspiring aside from knowing that “I did a [...]

When you ask the ‘average baby boomer’ what their thoughts are on the ‘Y generation’ you will usually here something along the lines of “They just want everything handed to them … where is their work ethic!” And when you compare the difference between Gen Y and Baby Boomers (BB) and even Gen Y and [...]

It’s an interesting question. I’m guessing if I asked you how much you think you are worth you’d probably look at how much you made, divide it by the number of hours you worked and whalla … there’s your answer.
If we use this method then this is only a measure of the value of the [...]

How much effectiveness do you lose when you don’t get enough sleep? Interesting question if you think about it. Interesting because I don’t believe you can really know the answer … you’d just be guessing.
My guess is that we lose a MASSIVE amount of effectiveness. This was brought home to me today after 2 late [...]