Posts by Barry
Growing Pain #2: Structure. Just do what the ants do!
Growing Pain #2: Structure. Just do what the ants do! I stumbled across an article on ant colonies and how they organise themselves, here is an excerpt.. “Ant colonies are a superorganism. Just like no single cell is in control of your body, no ant controls the colony. Each colony has very specific roles. Queens are…
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Growing Pain #1 – Leadership As we discussed last time, the three most common Growing Pains for Businesses are Leadership, Structure and Systems/processes. All three need to keep evolving as the Business grows. The leadership skills, structure and processes required for a Business turning over $3 million is different to a $20 m Business, and different again to…
Read More3 Key Growing Pains For All Businesses
3 Key Growing Pains For All Businesses We recently built a new house – it was a painful 12-month process but we made it and we are very happy with the end product. Aside from everything being ‘new’, the best aspect is the size. We can actually move around in comfort. We were a family of…
Read MoreCreating your own economy
Create your own economy In his timeless “Oh the places you’ll go” Dr. Seuss provides a simple yet powerful guide to traversing life’s “lurches and slumps” for people of all ages. His “waiting room” analogy (“Oh the most useless place of all”) is particularly poignant. We’ve all been there; waiting for the new client call,…
Read MoreWhy teams that embrace conflict outperform others
Why teams that embrace conflict outperform others Ask most people what they think is the thing that most often gets in the way of team work and they will probably answer trust. Trust is definitely the foundation of any high performing team. Teams that work seamlessly together in energetic pursuit of challenging common goals work…
Read MoreInnovation on the inside
Innovation on the inside In business, growth tends to be the general focus. What we know is that when growth occurs, things change. Getting caught up in that growth often means that we can forget that we can outgrow what got us here in the first place. A recent example was a highly successful business we’ve worked…
Read MoreDo your customers understand you?
Do your customers understand you? It’s a complicated world we live in, and it’s tempting to believe that success comes from doing a better job of mastering that complexity than your competitors. Yet the reality is that merely doing the simple things consistently right will usually put you well ahead of the pack. Marketing is…
Read MoreIs your organisation hitting its targets?
Is your organisation hitting its targets? The recent Study of Australian Leadership survey showed that many Australian organisations are underperforming – their leaders and managers don’t know the basics of business and they are not innovative enough to survive in the global marketplace. More than 40 per cent of organisations did not meet their performance targets for return on…
Read MoreAre you losing the art of conversation?
Are you losing the art of conversation? Really great to present to an enthused group of Canberrans recently at our Thank Gods It’s Monday event. We all learn from these experiences – one thing I learned was to be reminded how important conversations are, particularly connected ones. Maybe you’ll like the quote I read recently –…
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