Ignorance is the number one killer for human beings and businesses. Taking time to proactively read the 'vital signs' of health provides protection and insight into ways to increase performance. 

The first place to reveal the health for the human body is a person’s blood. Health is essential for human growth and development, and the same is true for a business.

A blood test reveals four things:

Disease - What rogue elements are actively working against you with potentially critical consequences?

Conditions - What is reducing functionality and performance?

Function of organs - Are the key functions essential to good health working effectively?

Effectiveness of treatments - Have previous interventions rectified problems and resulted in good health?

So, what is the equivalent test for your company?

The answer: Conversations

Conversations are the blood-flow of an organisation; conversations taking place between leaders, managers, departments and external stakeholders. The conversa...

I will lose the motivation to live when I lose a reason to die.

I am going to ask you a question that I am guessing no one has asked you already today, this week or even this year maybe. The question is, "What would you give your life for?”

Take a moment to think before you answer. Most people might suggest somebody they would die for. Most parents would give their lives for their children. Maybe you would say “I would give my life for my friends.” That too is a noble statement, and you would be a good friend to have if that were truly the case. 

Yet I am of the belief that the level to which we fully get to live the life we have, is determined by our ability to define the cause for which we would give our lives. 

Let me make it clear from the outset that I am in no way suggesting that dying is desirable. The reason I pose the question is because I am trying to get you to dig down deep and answer the question “what really, I mean REALLY matters to me?” I believe in ever...