Why I love what I do

From an early age I was asked to lead, to contribute in some way to others. I always wondered why and as the years passed and I gained more self-confidence I found the courage to ask. I was always told ‘because you can; because people will listen to you’.
I wasn’t really aware that I could [...]

To Be Revolutionary or To Remain In The Safe Zone? Hayley Solich

When you are in such a creative industry as the one in which I exist, the challenge is to stay within the boundaries of what works, but to press out into the unknown and bring into existance something fresh and new.

‘Best Practices For Social Media: The Basics of Program Planning’. Olivier Blanchard

This is my first Featured Guest Blog/Article to which will now become a regular segment to my website.
It will simply be known as ‘Anothers Point of View’. I am sure you will find their views as engaging and as insightful as I do. Social Media has assisted in connecting me with some pretty amazing business [...]

Hiring Diamonds in the Rough – Hunters vs Farmers

Diamonds can always be found; even when they lie hidden from view. Sometimes they will appear as crystals, even unto themselves. 
I am always asked how do you tell a Hunter from a Farmer when it comes to delivering the goods? 
This is my response to that question:
When training starts I always begin by asking the following [...]

The Praying Mantis Approach

The Praying Mantis Approach

‘One of the best known aspects of praying mantis behavior is that the female will occasionally eat the male, especially; when she is undernourished’.
It seem that some businesses are reverting to the ‘praying mantis approach’ to dismissing their staff, such was the case for ‘Freshfields’ a London based Law Firm [...]

Social Media: The New Wave Tsunami

“It only takes one Tsunami to level  a Giant” Chanty Lang-Vermaas
As a baby boomer I find some of my generation are being left behind on the social media scale, stating all to often how complicated it is to understand, thus some are unwilling to go surfing outside the bay because they feel its beyond their [...]

“Go between the lines of conventionality; its the best place to find anything of true value”

“Networking isn’t always about the first contact; its about degrees”

“The road of progression is a long one, however it need not be an arduous one”

“An angel has your name woven in its wings”

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