Starting and growing a business can be stressful.  However, there are some things that you can do to alleviate your stress.  In this episode, I share four tips on what you can do to reduce your stress when you’re starting or growing your business.   Tip 1 – Get Expert Advice/Help Tip 2 – Learn to let go and allow others to make decisions Tip 3 – Find a sounding board Tip 4 – Find time for yourself 

The definition of success is ‘the accomplishment of an aim or purpose’. Everyone’s aim or purpose in life will be different and that is why everyone will define success differently.  However, it is up to you to define what success is for you. If you want to feel fulfilled, then work toward your definition of success and not what others tell you it should be. 

We’ve been hearing a lot about resiliency in the media lately and recently I had someone ask me what exactly does it mean to be resilient and how do we know when we’ve developed resiliency.  In this episode, I define what resilience is and how we develop it.  

In this episode, I had the chance to interview  Jane Williams.  Jane’s background is in nursing in rural and remote communities. She is a registered nurse with several years’ experience in delivering care to people in rural and remote communities across Western Queensland.  Jane has also been on the board of the Central West Hospital and Health Service since 2012 and is currently the Chair of that board. Additionally, Jane is on the board of Health and Wellbeing Queensland, Health Workforce Queensland, the Rural Flying Doctor Service Foundation, and the Queensland Music Festival. As you can see, Jane is a very experienced board member and Chair.   Jane is also extremely…

I’ve talked a lot about moral courage over the last few episodes and several people have asked me what exactly is moral courage.  In this episode, I define what moral courage is and give a couple of examples.

n this episode, we share why you need to understand what your personal value proposition is and why you need to have one.  Companies use their value proposition to define what sets them apart from their competition.  You should have a personal value proposition that shows your employer or potential employer what sets you apart from others and how you add value to the organisation.   We also share 3 tips for developing your personal value proposition. These tips are: 1. Quantify or qualify what you have achieved. 2. Show how you have achieved, or will achieve, where the organisation has failed (the problem you will solve) 3. Show how…

In this episode, Blake talks about developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are relevant and achievable.  Getting your KPIs right can propel your organisation to success.   6 Principles to developing meaningful KPIs that will move the organisation forward: 1. They must be relevant to the organisation’s strategy 2. They must be relevant to the role 3. They must be within the individual’s control 4. They must be limited in number 5. They must be measured regularly 6. They must be achievable

In this episode, Blake talks about using Strategy Maps to understand how an organisation fulfills its mission, identify opportunities, and achieve success.  The idea of strategy maps was introduced by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton in their article “Having Trouble with Your Strategy? Then Map it” that was published 1 September 2000 by the Harvard Business Review.  Blake shares examples of how he uses strategy maps and gives practical advice on how you can apply the strategy map concept to any organisation.  Link to the Harvard Business Review article mentioned in this episode: https://hbr.org/2000/09/having-trouble-with-your-strategy-then-map-it

There is a big difference between leading your team and managing your team.  The more experienced your team is, the less you will have to manage them, and the more you will need to lead them.  It’s important that we know the difference.  Once you have put together a great team, get out of their way and let them perform. 

In this episode, Blake shares with you how to get started on your way to success. Many people talk about how they dream of achieving things in their lives but they never do.  One of the main reasons why they don’t achieve their dreams is because they never get started working toward them.  If you ever want to achieve anything, the first thing you have to do is get started, even if the pathway is not clear.  Once you get started, you’ll learn along the way and eventually, you will find your way.