by Mark Donovan | Nov 23, 2019 | Uncategorised
It has become very clear that many people in our society are under constant and destructive stress. As life for them operates at a pace that offers little time for rest or recuperation. The costs related to stress are astronomical in the health care industry as we...
by Mark Donovan | Oct 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
Many of us are guilty of a form of behavioural insanity. We go into situations all the time. But rely on the same behaviours. Do we assess each situation and think, what am I trying to accomplish? Why is that difficult? Which behaviours in my repertoire are most...
by Mark Donovan | Oct 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
It has become almost a truism today in business that our people resource is of all economic resources, the one least effectively used. Our greatest opportunity for improved economic performance lies in the improvement of the effectiveness of our people in their work....
by Mark Donovan | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
6575 – this is the number of days in the first eighteen years of our child’s life. No amount of success, money or prestige can buy us one more day. The door of childhood shuts so quickly if our child is ten years old, we have 2922 days left! Most people say that they...
by Mark Donovan | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorised
As leaders, we need to ‘challenge the perception of ourselves’. When a large gap exists between how we see ourselves and how others see us, this leads to ‘leadership blind spots. This is why feedback from others is so important, it’s like a mirror that allows us to...
by Mark Donovan | Aug 30, 2019 | Uncategorised
Retirement as a goal or final redemption is flawed for at least one very solid reason. It is based on the assumption that we dislike what we are doing, during the most physically capable years of our lives. This makes about as much sense as saving up sex for old...
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