In business and in life – What do you think, is the first thing you need to understand to have successful relationships? When I ask this question in my keynote, the audience usually says, that you need to understand WHO you are wanting to have relationships with. YES you do. But I believe the first […]
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It’s All About Relationships
The perceived success of our business, of our lives and of our happiness depends on our relationships. For our growth and happiness, our relationships need to be the right ones so that; we feel free to share our true selves, we value the reflection we receive back from that sharing, and from that reflection we […]
What Can You Give?
My Global Vision for Conscious Business is – to inspire businesses to stand in their truth, passionately contribute to something greater and collectively nurture our planet. Just imagine if every business on this planet contributed to something greater? Many social and environmental issues would be mitigated and we wouldn’t need charities. Businesses would rightly be […]
Collaboration
We all want to do it But sometimes our subconscious takes over, as we have been hard wired to compete. If we really want to collaborate and build communities we need to: Know who we are – and consistently express this in everything we do. So, we attract the right people who are aligned with […]
Your Customer Is NOT Always Right
Yes – that is correct – they are NOT always right. Please don’t fall into the trap that they are. The danger of thinking that your customer is always right, is that you may contort yourself and your product into something that you are not, just to accommodate their needs. In the process, you […]
Building Trust and Respect
Our Values, when we determine them and we’re clear on what they mean to us, can be powerful guidelines for everything we do. They can become our personalised formula for HOW we (and our team) operate in any situation. When we activate our Values in everything we do – others learn that we operate […]
Connection – The Essence of Conscious Business
Conscious Business is about connecting business to a new way of doing business. To raise awareness of who you are – every one of you. To connect eastern spiritual life philosophies with western functional business ways. To connect and find balance between the female and the male, the yin and the yang, the left […]
I Quit Business Sugar
I love Sarah Wilsons’ I QUIT SUGAR. I did the 8-week program and 3 years on I still have limited sugar. After a while of being off sugar, you realise how ‘sweet’ natural sugars really are and you don’t want or need what you were once addicted to. I think it’s the same for business. […]
How Is Your Business Expressing Itself?
Businesses are a form of expression, continually evolving and devolving, depending on who is at the helm. This expression depends on the leader’s self-awareness and their awareness of their business energy (the collective energy of everyone who works with the business). You can tell a lot about a leader by how they manage their […]
Can Your Business Answer This?
I want to know WHY you are in business and how through your business you want to change the world. I want to know, when I buy something from you – am I also contributing to something greater? I want to know WHY you are in business for me? How will the experience of […]
So Why Make A Values Cocktail?
The point of the Values Cocktail – (previous blog – WHAT’S YOUR COCKTAIL?), is to demonstrate that you can activate and live your Values with absolutely everything you do. So why do this? Developing your own values cocktail is a quirky way to help you to remember your most important guidelines and keeps them […]
What’s Your Cocktail?
You can activate who you are, including your Values, in everything you do. Take Conscious Business for example. I used my Brand Values to inspire my very own cocktail. Explorative –we are courageous explorers in the discovery of life. Exploring my values through cocktail mixing. (What a great idea!); Natural – Feel your true […]