Insights
Insights
Branding, marketing, running a business and more from New Work’s director.
A Culture of Trust: Are we missing the simple truth?
Building or re-building policy, culture and brands that are trustworthy has become as important to business survival as innovation and the adoption of technology in this new age. But when it comes to trust, does it have to be so complicated?
Clarity is Key: The power of “2020 Vision”! Part 2
From Brendon Burchard to Vishen Lakhiani, I love hearing highly successful business speakers talk about what motivates them to achieve more than the average person. As far as I know, there aren’t too many exceptions to the rule ‘Get clear on what you want to achieve, and work out a plan to get there.’
Clarity is Key: The power of “2020 Vision”!
These moments of clarity have been game-changers in my business. And while sometimes inspiration strikes out of the blue, the turning points came from deliberate actions I decided to take.
Answer 3 questions to represent your personal brand with style on LinkedIn
If you can answer those three questions, you will know what is and isn’t appropriate or effective in your communications on LinkedIn, and you will represent your personal brand with elegance and style.
What accountants really want, and what growing an advisory really looks like
‘We want to grow’ / ‘We want to do more business advisory work’. But unpacking what growth really looks like in terms of changes in the business and in terms of day-to-day activity… and whether this actually aligns with what the accountants really want, can be another thing altogether.
Gauging your staff’s social media awareness
Boards and leadership now recognise that culture is expressed and shaped online as well as in the workplace. In a previous Director Download for AICD, I spoke about the problem of culture being intangible but at the same time easily VISIBLE, online and offline.
Get over your fear of self-promotion or be invisible!
When talking to people about their personal brands, I hear the concern, ‘But I don’t want to sound too self-promotional!’ pretty much on a weekly basis. If you’re a professional consultant or advisor, it’s absolutely necessary to communicate your personal brand.
Online and offline networking that WORKS
This week I was putting together a visual flow chart of networking activities for a client in professional services, and it reminded me of one of my favourite questions: What are the main actions that move the needle?
Communicating the ‘whole’ professional: Why this matters for individuals and teams
In my work with individuals and teams, I have come across lots of proof that people want to build brands that feel authentic and reflective of them as a ‘whole person’.