Dec 29, 2021
We have all heard that old saw we “don’t plan to fail, we fail to plan” and we go back to our work, somehow imagining we have mastered the planning process. It is very insightful to however to watch a team when given a simple project. Our instinct for action seems to overwhelm us and we leap straight into...
Dec 22, 2021
Doing more, faster, better with less is inescapable in modern commerce. The demands just keep going up and the resources available always seem to be tightening. We find ourselves in a vicious vice of contradictions without end. And then we have this global pandemic, to just make it all that much more character...
Dec 15, 2021
Listen to Dr. Greg Story’s interview with William Farmer, Managing Director of Dale Carnegie Australia on “Business: The Art of Winning Podcast!” In the interview, Dr. Story shares valuable insight on leading in Japan, surviving COVID-19 as a training company, building lifelong partnerships with clients,...
Dec 8, 2021
The reality of business today is that we are navigating the constant tension between Time, Quality and Cost. We don’t have the luxury of concentrating on only one element. They are interrelated and as we move toward one, we move away from the other two. There is no perfect synchronicity either, because business is...
Dec 1, 2021
We have so many things pulling us in different directions at the same time, we can get a bit overwhelmed by all the work we have to do. How can we get the right focus and make our effort better coordinated? There is a simple method we can use which is very quick and simple. Firstly, we need to take a brief moment...