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Have you ever found yourself in a training session, bored out of your brain, while around you others seem enthused? Have you ever wondered why that happens? The …

When a farmer harvests a crop, be it grain, fruit or vegetables, it’s important to do so at just the right point of ripeness. That point will be …

Lots of words are used to describe business strategies. There are ‘growth’ strategies, ‘breadth’ strategies, ‘holistic’ strategies, and my personal favourite, ‘tactical’ strategies. When you ask the people …

“There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead” – Julia Gillard “[The GST is] dead. It was killed by voters at the last election” – …

Implementing a strategic vision does not have a high success rate. Surveys by McKinsey and Co. have revealed over many years that the success rate rarely exceeds forty …

Vagueness Goals which use words such as maximise and minimise are a waste of time thinking about, especially if they come without a numeric indicator of what success …

This article is an extract of an interview given by Kevin Dwyer to Best Construction Monthly magazine on the issues facing businesses in rural Australia and how virtual …

Heat waves of three consecutive days over forty degrees centigrade break records where I live. They also cause major disruptions to power, bus, rail and emergency services. The …

In the last month I have had the opportunity to observe the learning capacity of three teams. What I observed reinforced a view that people who have learnt …

As consultants, we are often asked to review the operations of an organisation rather than having an internal review, simply because we are an external set of eyes. …