Marshall Goldsmith recently spoke about how most of his coaching classes over the years have been a bunch of rich, old men. With a laugh, he said that there is a common misconception that rich, old men don’t mind losing small amounts of money. Funnily enough, rich old men HATE losing money. Any money, even small amounts. They just hate losing and Marshall says it...

No shame in apologising You can’t change the past You can change the future Ask, listen, think, thank! I cannot get better at everything, but I can certainly get better at one thing Positive, simple, focused and fast Follow-up (consistent and periodic follow up will always lead to the most improvement) If you get better, it has nothing to do with anyone else, it is...

Barry Schwartz’s talk at the AHRI National Convention ‘The Loss of Wisdom’ is all about finding an anecdote to the excesses of bureaucracy amongst other things. Barry argues that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire and that real practical everyday wisdom will help you rebuild our world. Barry Swartz is a Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore...

In continuing on from problems that smart, successful people have, Marshall Goldmith talked about adding too much value as a leader recently at the AHRI National Convention. He said “I’m young and smart and enthusiastic and I come to you with an idea. You think it’s a great idea. Rather than just saying ‘great idea’, our natural tendency is to say...

Again, testing out my Flip Video camera and video editing skillz. I think I’m getting better but I hope you get the gist of how much fun the AHRI National Convention was. A special shout out goes to my friends from CSIRO who welcomed me onto their table and showed me a crazy, fun time. For the record- we did not start the conga line either. In case you are...