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What goes around comes around… generosity.

In the run-up to Christmas one of the free-to-air channels ran a series of station idents with various presenters saying what the festive season meant to them. Being grateful for friends and family...

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Help! Can we please all the people all the time?

Things often happen in threes, and today I have had three curly questions; one from a consumer customer, one a corporate customer and one a supply customer. Is exemplary customer service about having...

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Gentlemen start your keyboards…

At RedBalloon we’re committed to not taking life too seriously, having a sense of humour and fun is one of our values and a little generosity doesn’t go astray either. I figure if we’re having fun our...

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Big Hairy Thinkers

I recently attended TedX Sydney as a guest of PwC… I enjoyed most of the content… but this speaker particularly resonated with me. I particularly enjoyed the way Saul Griffiths approaches the data of...

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The ‘success’ quiz.

I am often asked after speaking engagements “what is it like to be successful?” – I answer that ‘success’ is in the eye of the beholder – each person has their own definition, success is a personal...

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Where did our values come from?

The originals, Beth Kyle, Mark Dureden, Kirsten Munachen, Kathy Mason - where the values stories came from As we approach our 10 years anniversary I realize that not everyone knows the origins of the...

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Top 25 insights from EO Amsterdam Conference

Peter Schwarts - Futurist In no particular order I present quotes from the event which either made me reflect, ponder, question or dream. (I have only added links for the people who were speakers at...

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PR is everything to leadership: Purpose and Responsibility

I’m regularly asked about leadership and I have my views about it – things that I have learned from trial and error (and there have been many errors over the years) – but I was delighted to attend a...

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143 years to grow a brand – 1 day to destroy

The documentary the Inside Job named Goldman Sachs two years ago Greg Smith’s open letter of resignation from Goldman Sachs that appeared in the New York Times last week has been devastating on many...

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Trust takes Time

Trust takes Time... and also the ability to be oneself at work - The RedBalloon corporate team - I wonder what teenagers would say if this was their first experience of work. I have teenagers – their...

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Four things for a ‘good’ day at work

  RedBallooners Class of 2013 RedBalloon for Corporate regularly conducts surveys asking more than 3000 Australian and New Zealand employees what they desire to see in their workplace. Do you agree...

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Four Lessons I learned from tough bosses

It’s hard to be engaged and love your job when you believe that your boss is a nightmare or you’re stuck in the middle of a toxic workplace. The biggest mistake I made was going to work everyday...

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What Can We Believe In?

Simon and I discuss very important RedBalloon business At the very core of what it is to be human is our need to belong I wrote recently for a LinkedIn ‘Influencer post’. How we connect to others, our...

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About leadership from a great leader

Ann Sherry AO has had what I would describe as a ‘non-linear’ career. However there is at it’s core a consistency in her dedication to improve the working lives of those around her. Much has been...

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Six Signs of Lagging Leadership

In Australia we have a notion called ‘tall poppy syndrome’ which means that culturally people who have merit are derided by their community. Not very productive really in a country which needs strong,...

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Best Advice: Discover What Is Inside the Book

Is that really a selfie? Book designers are very clever – whenever I walk into my local book store, I am enticed to pick up a variety of wonderful volumes. The vividness of the cover, the style of the...

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Summer Reading

My summer reading pile I am just back from my summer break – and like everyone else most of the year I make a pile of fabulous books that I am given or collect saving them for the time that I can sit...

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Turning the performance review on its head

When you hear the term ‘performance review,’ what is your immediate reaction: relish or dread? Is it something that needs to be endured or an exciting opportunity to learn, grow and develop? What if...

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How to add $100,000 to your bottom line

We have never lived in a more ‘abundant’ time – despite the fact that there are more than 7 billion people on the planet – we have ‘more’ now than ever before in history. We are at the beginning of...

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Trust takes Time

Trust takes Time… and also the ability to be oneself at work – The RedBalloon corporate team – I wonder what teenagers would say if this was their first experience of work. I have teenagers – their...

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