Intentional Listening

Intentional Listening

Have you ever set up a meeting, or interview where the whole purpose is for you to listen, no agenda from your side, no questions, or deliberate outcomes….just to listen?  What would be the possibilities of doing such a thing? Many experience those meetings where...
The Strong-Willed Employee

The Strong-Willed Employee

“Winners never quit, and quitters never win” – Vince Lombardi Sometimes, potential employers set out to look for strong-willed employees when they consider their targets to be met. Who is a Strong-willed Person? “The question isn’t who is...
What is Success?

What is Success?

I have often wondered what the world would be like if we measured success by the richness of our relationships and not our bank accounts. Can you imagine a world where family takes precedence over financial wealth? Where parents actually spend time with their kids and...
It’s NOT my Fault

It’s NOT my Fault

I recognise a whole list of excuses I love using when people – friends, peers, colleagues, or strangers ask me about my profession, my finances, my family… about the life I’m living, for that matter: My father was a teacher, not a businessman. He tried hard but had...