“The best fencin’ is to make sure that your grass is better than the grass next door.” When I’m not working with clients, I’m often working the land. I own a small farm just outside Melbourne, on which we run some beef cattle.When I bought the property, I was eager to learn some tricks of the trade from the former owner, an experienced man of the land with over 50 years in gumboots.
Category Archives: People
Are You a Transformational Leader?
A Key Challenge A key challenge for my clients is that the pursuit of fast growth requires a series of transformations in their business. By definition we can’t dramatically drive up performance without making a number of changes: perhaps some different roles and people, a new strategy, a switch of emphasis in the client/product mix, some new execution disciplines and so on. But this puts an added load on the leaders, so what can we do?
Building Effective Teams
Fitting and Flourishing With the first ball of the 2014 AFL football season already bounced, there’s no doubt that every team is assessing the strength of their bench. For teams that failed to secure a start in last year’s Grand Final, their coaches, boards and playing groups will all be hunting down ways to secure that all-important trophy come September.