Is purpose just a marketing tactic?

Are purpose led businesses more successful? The purpose of every business is to make a profit. Most do this by solving a problem or creating delight, and this is what their customers pay for. It could be argued that every business makes the world a better place for its customers but some now declare that […]

You can’t change in isolation

Sometimes we want to change and others don’t want us to. Sometimes others want us to change and we don’t want to. Whatever the reason – we can’t change in isolation. As soon as we make changes, others have to change to accommodate the new version of “us”. So before you consider making changes, make […]

Trust is built in your behaviour, not in your message.

Without trust there can be no relationships of any value. A young boy wanted to buy his parents a thank you gift for taking him to Disneyland. He spent the last of his pocket money on a salt and pepper pot with Mickey Mouse ears from the gift shop. As he ran back to give […]

Role models – and why they don’t work

I have a theory about role models. For the last ten years I’ve had the privilege of bringing interesting, inspiring people to the attention of a bunch of folk via talks, interviews, podcasts and blogs. None of them are superstars, none of them are celebs. All of them, in some way, have achieved awesome things. […]

Living in the moment – is this success?

When do you say “I’m successful”? When do you say “I’ve done what I set out to do” When do you relax and say “That’s enough”? Martyn Sibley took the topic on self -belief being an intrinsic part of success and talked about why it is important and why he has it in bucket loads. […]