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Alignment Check

Posted on09. Aug, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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My first car was a Datsun 240K – complete with rally clips to hold the bonnet down (OK, it never got anywhere near fast enough to require them) and a kill switch that was identical to the air conditioning switch (as I first discovered while doing 110km/hr on the freeway). I remember wondering why the [...]

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How To Keep Your Team Sick

Posted on26. Jul, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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I picked up a nasty flu a few weeks ago, but afterwards I found out that I been keeping myself sick by taking cough medicine. It sounds ridiculous that cough medicine could actually make you sicker, right? Day after day I dutifully took my foul-tasting cough syrup but my condition only got worse. It was [...]

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What Successful Leaders Focus On

Posted on12. Jul, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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For many years I’ve been fascinated by the subtle differences in the mindsets of highly successful leaders when compared with the mediocre majority. As Mark Twain once said “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect”. I’ve had the opportunity to observe many outstanding leaders in [...]

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Who Is In Your Drawer?

Posted on27. Jun, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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Years ago my father consulted to a mining company that was in financial meltdown. Unable to prevent the inevitable, his project wrapped up and the business had no cash left to pay his fees. As a token of their appreciation they gave him half a dozen ‘semi-precious’ stones mined from the site. Fast-forward several years [...]

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Unfollow: Twitter’s Reminder To Leaders

Posted on14. Jun, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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Regardless of whether you’ve connected with Twitter yourself or not, you’d have to admit its explosion into the marketplace is a phenomenon worth reflecting on. A feature of Twitter called “Unfollow” got me thinking recently. When you click “Unfollow” you stop receiving messages from that person to your home page, and unless the person has [...]

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Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast

Posted on02. Jun, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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I was talking with one of the senior team at Gloria Jeans Coffees last week and she made a memorable statement as we discussed the different ways leaders can view the challenges facing their teams. Sadly it’s something many organisations don’t seem to understand- “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. I couldn’t agree more. Now, I’m [...]

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Braking or Breakthrough

Posted on18. May, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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I learned to drive in an automatic V8 Holden in the early 90’s, it was a powerful and thirsty beast with a novice at the helm. One day as I was driving with my Dad I approached an intersection and at the last moment the light turned orange. I should have kept going, but instead [...]