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Front Foot Favouritism

Posted on19. Oct, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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I’m not a gifted sportsman, in fact even ‘competent’ is a stretch most of the time. But one sport I picked up quickly was snowboarding. There’s something exhilarating about hurtling down the side of a mountain strapped to a snowboard with trees and rocks all around you that heightens the senses and reminds you that [...]

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Health Check For The Trusted Advisor

Posted on05. Oct, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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I was speaking in Singapore last week to a group of marketers from across Asia/Pacific on what it means to be a “Trusted Advisor”. These are turbulent times in the world of marketing. By nature marketing tends to be about longer term strategic direction yet many companies are sacrificing that agenda in the current climate [...]

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The Economics Of Extra

Posted on20. Sep, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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It’s been said that the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is just a little bit “extra”. There’s a coffee house that I’m irrationally loyal to (in fact I’m there even as I write this). It’s not as though the coffee or the service or the surroundings are so drastically different to other purveyors of the [...]

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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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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 [...]