After winning a Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships I was asked to speak the following year at the awards presentation. Here is a modified version of what I shared. My company Admin Bandit is in its tenth year of a successful partnership with the Canberra Preschool Society (CPS) and we have [...]
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How to Get Along with Co-workers Who Annoy You
Posted in business skills, networking, personal growth, Relationships, tagged business skills, networking, professional development on 16/03/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone who works to earn a living needs to know that there are good co-workers and there are those who just rub you the wrong way. Even if you’re the most laid-back person on the planet, you’ll come across people who are hard to handle. Learning how to deal with these types of people is [...]
Influencing Your Office Culture
Posted in business skills, personal growth, Relationships, tagged business, business skills, change, professional development on 09/03/2011 | Leave a Comment »
People say that change is hard, especially in the work place. When you’re trying to effect a change in an entrenched culture, even if it is for the better, it can be an incredibly difficult task. It’s complicated, yes, but not impossible. You must win the confidence of the people you work with and persuade [...]
Why Social Media and Your Blog Must Connect
Posted in Business tools, marketing, networking, Relationships on 14/01/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Having an active fan base on social networking sites is extremely positive for your NFP organisation, however it is important to draw some of the interest back to your blog. Social media is an excellent tool for helping to connect you with your clients but it is limiting. It doesn’t allow you to post long posts, [...]
Eulogy to Bil – significance of compromise
Posted in business skills, Relationships on 15/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve read the previous eulogy posts, you’ve probably already worked out that our two puppies were very different in nature. Although Ted was a few weeks younger and also smaller than Bil, he fancied himself as the top dog. As well as a soft dog mat, they had a comfy spot between the bookshelf [...]
What’s it all about Alphie?
Posted in personal growth, Relationships, tagged grief, life on 25/09/2008 | Leave a Comment »
This afternoon I heard of another friend coping with someone close to her diagnosed with cancer. That is now five friends struggling with the consequences of this insidious disease. As I ponder and pray for my friends and their families, the photo of the dog expresses how I’m feeling, as I share just a little [...]
When do you give up?
Posted in business skills, personal growth, Relationships, tagged coaching, volunteer on 02/09/2008 | 1 Comment »
Zoe from InnerCompass has highlighted a great video about keeping on going till you’ve got nothing left. It is a great reminder that we can sometimes give up on a project too early when if we’d stuck it out, the breakthrough was just ahead. This can be the case in a community organisation or in [...]
Accountability in business
Posted in business skills, personal growth, Relationships, tagged accountability, mentor, volunteer on 05/08/2008 | 2 Comments »
Are you accountable to anyone in your business day? If you work for yourself, on your own, chances are you are accountable to only you. Don’t know about you, but that arrangement can become a bit dodgy as I can justify all sorts of things. Recently, whilst attending a workshop with Zoe Routh from Inner [...]
