Posted on 01 January 2009.
7 leaders and the lessons you can learn from their finest hours – click on their faces and listen to the speeches. Faces include: Lincoln speaking at Gettysburg November 19, 1863 Kennedy speaking at Berlin June 26, 1963 Reagan speaking after Challenger January 28, 1986 King speaking at Washington, DC August 28, 1963 Thatcher: […]
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Posted on 01 January 2009.
In Brisbane, Howard and Katie Hooker were so concerned about the lack of Australian products on supermarket shelves that they finally decided to start a grocery business themselves and stock only Australian goods. Only Australian Groceries sells Australian owned and Australian made grocery items and delivers to anywhere in Australia (or the world) […]
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Posted on 01 January 2009.
Sydney Water has launched Love Your Garden – a service designed to give its customers access to expert advice about garden watering needs.Once you register, Sydney Water will arrange a time for their specially trained horticulturist to visit your home. They will evaluate all the factors that affect the amount of water your garden needs […]
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Posted on 01 January 2009.
In this interview, Mark Gordon, director and cofounder of the Boston-based negotiation consultancy Vantage Partners and senior adviser to the Harvard Negotiation Project, offers practical strategies for negotiating a starting salary or raise. Gordon has suggestions for making these negotiations win-win and for putting the concept of BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement) to […]
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Posted on 17 December 2008.
My Millie has been sick. Most of you know she’s the alpha in my pack and it’s unusual for her to be struck down with illness. This is a dog that will go to any length for her passion – chasing kangaroos at the farm! – and on this front she’s a high achiever if […]
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Posted on 01 December 2008.
I was chatting the other day with a woman I really admire when she asked me: “why don’t businesswomen just support each other more, like the blokes do?” Now I’m walking on eggshells a bit, because I know this is a very subjective question. In fact I’m probably playing with fire even raising the topic. […]
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