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I’m not a boring accountant. I’m proud to say that others have said I have too much personality to be an accountant! I know how to talk to you about numbers in a way that makes sense. Here, I share finance tips for small business and my life experience in various management roles.
Numbers Not Your Thing?
Understanding the numbers in your business is critical. Financial literacy is a must-have skill. Numbers Not Your Thing? But they should be your thing? Does this sound like someone you know? Promoted to a managerial and leadership role because you are so good at the...
Organisational Culture: Culture eats strategy for breakfast
"Culture eats strategy for breakfast" said Peter Drucker. Of course strategy is important, but the implementation of that strategy is more likely to be successful within the context of a strong and healthy organisational culture. Last week I participated in AICD...
Staying Connected
As social distancing restrictions start to relax, before we too caught up in the wave of returning to auto-pilot, worth taking a moment to reflect on our learnings and which of our new habits we wish to safeguard. I entered into social isolation all bright eyed &...
Values Based Leadership
Did some very rewarding work with a client last week developing their Values. An on-line workshop with a small team using Google Jamboard was a whole new experience for me, but we got some fabulous outcomes. Values based leadership is such an important area for small...
Cash is King
Managing cash and working capital Participated this morning in the best webinar I have listened to in recent weeks – the Australian Institute of Company Directors “Managing Cash and Working Capital in a Crisis”. Best in that it was full of practical guidance. From my...
My Values
Understanding your Purpose, Vision and Values In my capacity as an ADAPT By Design Resilient Business Coach, I have been doing some really rewarding work with a new client, helping them to articulate the Organisation’s Purpose, Vision and Values. The prelude to this...
My Story
We all have a story that shapes who we are, why we do what we do and how we show up. This is mine. This period of imposed self-isolation as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic creates time for ourselves. Quality time to reflect, refocus and possibly redirect. Time...
Whose Monkey is it?
"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me" ~Carol Burnett It sits with us to take responsibility for our own actions, our own destiny and future. This isn’t something you can palm off to someone else to take care of. This monkey well and truly sits on your...
Keep doing the same thing and expect a different result?
We all know that we we will continue to get the same outcome if we continue to do the same thing, yet so many of us, purportedly intelligent people have great difficulty shifting our mindset, and shifting ourselves into a different gear to try a different approach.As...
As the sun goes down on 2019
I cannot believe it’s 2 years since I gave up my job and have since reinvented myself. Transitioning from an employed executive role with the same employer for 15 years, having followed a traditional education and employment route, to now being self-employed pursuing...