What Fostering Greyhounds Taught Me About Compassionate Leadership
Greyhounds coming off the track and employees negotiating upheaval at work have a lot in common. We can impose our own beliefs, practices and schedules upon them, or we can put ourselves in their shoes and gift them with the compassion, time and space they deserve to navigate their transition.
How to Love What You Do When You’re Not Doing What You Love
Love is in the air on Valentine’s Day. This got me thinking about how you can bring love to work. Rather than letting an unpleasant workplace bring you down, be the change you want to see. Being compassionate, generous and helpful to others might just end up loving what you do.
Highly productive employees & the 2% effect
Equilibrium Business Consulting works with a range of advisors on business matters. This week’s blog is written by HR guru Di Armbrust, founder of Innov8hr and author of the book “The 2% Effect”. Di assists her clients with developing their HR strategy, driving high...
Strengthening your business through collaboration
So much of my education and early career focussed on outdoing your competitors – analysing in-depth what your competition is doing, how they are doing it and how you can do it better. While we need to be aware of trends in our industry, I believe we each need to...
Stepping outside my comfort zone
A year of firsts This year has been full of firsts for me - my first business Facebook page, my first blog and this week my first time being interviewed for a radio podcast and short video. Donna Thistlethwaite from Career Vitality hosts a show on YYYFM called “Work...
Lessons to live by – with Shane Jacobson
Equilibrium Business Consulting works with a range of advisors on business matters. This week’s blog is written by marketing guru Carolyn Grant, founder of 6peas marketing and ecommerce store www.thelittledistinctions.com Carolyn has advised hundreds of clients on...
Redefining success in business
What defines success? Success means different things to different people. To some it’s being the biggest, the best or making the most money. To others it’s being held in high esteem or being recognised as an expert. To me being successful in my business is about...
Top 6 challenges facing home-based businesses
Setting up your own home-based business and working around your family priorities sounds ideal, right? Many of us start up a business from home with the expectation that we will achieve better work-life balance, forge our own path and follow our dreams. However, after...
Top 10 financial tips for small businesses
For most small businesses money is always tight. So it’s a good idea to actively manage your finances. Here are some quick tips to ensure you have your money matters covered: 1. Values & purpose are key drivers You went into business because you were passionate about...
How to stay true to yourself in business
How do you stay true to yourself? Once you identify your values it’s a great idea to write them down. When you’re making decisions or taking actions in your business come back to your values. Let them guide you when choosing who to work with; which products you’ll...