Archive for September, 2010
Tall & Stupid – Meet the CEO
By brendan at 18 September, 2010, 4:18 pm
The average height of an Australian Male in 1995 was measured at 174.8cm (~ 5ft 9in) by the ABS. I am 174cm (5ft 8in & ½) tall. So imagine my irritation when I met with the CEO of a major (AUD$1B in revenue) Australian organisation who was around 188cm (6ft 2”). He followed me around [...]
Read More >>The Language of Business
By brendan at 13 September, 2010, 9:32 pm
I was in the Army when I first heard the expression “The best way of learning something is to teach it”. Another expression I like is that “you don’t truly understand something until you have to explain it”. This is especially true when you have to explain it to a child. So last week I [...]
Read More >>4 tips on managing your personal profile at work
By brendan at 7 September, 2010, 11:26 pm
Does this ring a bell? I have a friend who was complaining to me two weeks ago that he couldn’t understand why the press had stopped ringing him for a quote, after he had left his high profile business development role with a multinational business, to work with a small start-up organisation. I had drinks [...]
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