When you are what is for sale, you can often confuse the client by rambling on and stuffing up the sale or pitch.



Thought Leaders often have to talk about themselves. I sometimes talk about Matt Church in the third person (second sign of madness). I've been doing this for so long that I have learned a couple of tricks to help me talk about this Matt Church guy.

Nearly every respondent to a recent survey of 250 UK companies said coaching in the workplace has helped individuals and their organizations. As I wrote in my previous blog post on coaching culture, they cited improved personal skills, better communication, higher confidence levels and greater motivation.

With so many benefits, one might expect all companies to adopt coaching -…

Search engine marketing has changed, but many so-called experts are still trying to convince you to do things that no longer work. If you follow their advice, you will fail!

I'll explain ...

How did you go with picking the winner of last year's Melbourne Cup? My client, colleague and friend Max Hitchins has been predicting Cup winners for decades, and he got it right again (That makes it 13 right in the last 24 years!)

Every year, Max publishes his secrets in…

Have You Exercised Your Slack Muscle?

Wifey and I are into investment properties. We like them and they work for us.

Late last year a tenant advised us that someone had broken in and done some damage. It turned out the damage was smashed walls, windows and a massive mess. The neighbours advised us that…