Strategy VS. Planning: Why Australian Businesses Need to Get it Right
As a business leader in Australia, you’re no stranger to the importance of strategy. But let’s face it – many organisations are getting it wrong. We’re mistaking planning and discussion for strategy, failing to execute, and neglecting accountability structures. It’s time to shake things up and get back to basics. The Problem: Confusing Planning with […]
Top 5 Reasons Your Business Isn’t Growing
Why Put It Off Until Next Year?
Annually amongst the broader business community, it’s the most repeated topic of conversation heading into the November and December period, businesses all around the country are “putting things off” until next year. It seems like an Australian tradition that somehow for Q2, businesses accept and even encourage the delay and stay of decision-making and new […]
Are You Unprepared for Growth?
Preparing for growth seems a pretty self-explanatory concept, right? But I challenge this. The truth is that for many, preparation as a concept is frequently connected to the anticipated, being reactive rather than strategic, and forms the foundation business case for how relevant resources are allocated to meet the expected head-on. Here’s the problem with […]
The Great Re-Integration
While the “Great Resignation” continues to play out globally, 1.3M workers (9.5%) changed jobs here in Australia from Feb 21-22, as reported by the ABS. People are central to building and maintaining a successful and competitive business, and though companies have adopted new normal working conditions, this reflects a passive shift rather than an active […]
Is It End?
What does the end look like? What does it need to look like to achieve your targeted success? “Exit Strategy” it’s become a catchcry or start-up theatre topic of choice. It’s thrown around a lot, but what does it mean to you? The reality is, yes, you do need to think about what the end […]
Value Outside The Echo Chamber
Leadership and the traditional expectations of leaders for being the source of all the answers have been core to creating a closed-loop value creation system. Directors, CEOs, and broader leadership teams focused on growing and enabling others! Can we agree that the widely accepted premise is that value creation can come from any source? Yet, […]
Is Technology Really Valuable To You?
The last two years have seen a significant shift in market dynamics, business models, operations, and trade practices, shifts that are likely to accelerate as we enter the next economic chapter, a chapter fuelled by technology efficacy. The pace of change has challenged leaders to focus their efforts on understanding their business like never before, […]
Rectifying Reaction
Why did you wait? It’s a simple question, but it’s a question that has repetitiously been asked of businesses and leaders who have sought help, support and expertise when they’re least able to respond to the challenge. Reaction vs Response are two terms that characterise the way people and businesses can act in relation to […]
The Inertia of Inaction
Momentum, the concept is universal, and in business, it’s the driving force of change, like the proverbial ball, inertia can only be overcome by willfully applying the energy needed to get the ball rolling, so why do so many businesses continue to stall at the starting line? Creating momentum requires leadership and commitment, sustaining it […]