April 2010
Look for the 4 E's when booking your next conference speaker.
Submitted by Erik Vermeulen on Thu, 2010-04-08 11:36
There are more than 1 million meetings in South Africa per day. These are not just three or four friends getting together over a beer – these are formal gatherings ranging from budget discussions to conferences, conventions, training sessions and motivational sessions for under-performing employees. According to Gillian Saunders at Grant Thornton, there were 101 000 conferences held in South Africa in 1999. From these figures, it doesn’t take rocket science to extrapolate the need for high quality, top class speakers.
Who do you rely on when teamwork fails?
Submitted by Erik Vermeulen on Mon, 2010-04-19 10:17
“There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself. "It all depends on me." Andre Gide
Clear minds allow clearer thinking.
Submitted by Erik Vermeulen on Tue, 2010-04-20 10:13
“Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.” Ray Knight
The most important gift you can give yourself is a clear mind...
Become a Corporate Mentalist when interviewing new Employees.
Submitted by Erik Vermeulen on Wed, 2010-04-21 13:26
Understanding people and their “natural” (or thrust) behaviour style can go a long way to helping HR professionals streamline the recruitment of new employees. Research shows that poor behavioural fit with existing team members can lead to conflict and a significant drop in team and individual performance. So it’s a good idea to be able to interview not only for ability and attitude, but also for behavioural fit.
Dale Earnhardt on Results.
Submitted by Erik Vermeulen on Thu, 2010-04-22 08:23
“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” Dale Earnhardt
When things go well, who gets the credit? When things go badly, who gets the blame?
3 T's Conference delegates are concerned about not having.
Submitted by Erik Vermeulen on Fri, 2010-04-23 12:39
I’ve been looking at audiences in 22 countries from the platform for 16 years, and it’s incredible what one can tell about them just from how they react. I find out even more about them during lunch breaks and dinners – particularly since my area of expertise is “the business of people”, and they are, after all, people! Here’s what I see going on in their heads when attending a conference.
