Have you ever been so exhausted that you can’t even hold your head up and know that your interactions with people and your communication and decision making abilities are nowhere near as sharp as they should be – then you need a break! “But I can’t, I don’t have time, the place won’t survive without… Continue reading Breaking The Circuit
Author: Des Penny
Sheep Country – The Best Change Management Program I Ever Attended!
Hi Disturbers how are you? Recently at the Proteus Breakfast series I read a story from my book, Life Eyes, entitled Sheep Country – the best Change Management program I ever attended! The event was filmed and so I have attached a copy of that section for you to watch. It is about 7 minutes… Continue reading Sheep Country – The Best Change Management Program I Ever Attended!
Get Involved And Be Exceptional!
Why would you just want to be good when you have within you the ability to be Exceptional? I am not just talking about people with position or rank, or even those who consider themselves to be entrepreneurs; I am talking about YOU and ME! Being Exceptional is not about being a workaholic or a… Continue reading Get Involved And Be Exceptional!
STOP!
STOP In a world of constant action, that can at times make us feel overwhelmed, we need to learn how to step away from situations and do more than just cope. So I have created a model that helps me, I hope it helps you too. S – Settle Settle the words you want to… Continue reading STOP!
Reinventing Yourself And Your Organisation
This article was taken from the August edition of Proteuslife magazine. When we hear the word reinvent, it conjures up all sorts of thoughts and emotions, but usually people think that it means to completely change who we are, what we look like and what we do. In some situations all of these things will need… Continue reading Reinventing Yourself And Your Organisation
Just Be There
Sometimes I’m Just down At my recent breakfast series I spoke on the topic of, Living and Leading with Insight. During a presentation I shared a poem that I had written on just being there when people are down and not trying to solve all of their problems or give them all of the answers.… Continue reading Just Be There
Care for each other
I was sitting in plane high flying over the Nullarbor Plains on my way to speak at a breakfast in Perth. It never ceases to amaze me how the world has changed from the early days in business where doing such a thing world take a week of planning. Now I am about to do… Continue reading Care for each other
Exceptional is the New Black!
Over the past months I have had the privilege of travelling around Australia presenting on Exceptional Is The New Black to over 1500 breakfast attendees. It is a topic that is very close to my heart, as I believe the changes that are happening in the marketplace will demand nothing less than exceptional in the… Continue reading Exceptional is the New Black!
Insight around Australia
Hello Optimistic Disturbers, I am sitting in the lounge at the Brisbane airport heading back to Melbourne to speak at the Proteus Leadership breakfast at the Crown on Thursday. The last couple of days have been an awesome experience as I got to share some of the insights around living and leading with insight, to… Continue reading Insight around Australia
What are Life Eyes?
Life eyes are the eyes that everyone has, which, when opened can look beyond the obvious and experience the unknown. I guess the closest thing that I can relate Life Eyes to, is having insight. Some people have it and some people have very little idea about what is happening around them, apart from what… Continue reading What are Life Eyes?