THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Questioning Culture (1 minute read) The impact and value of a positive and supportive workplace or team culture cannot be underestimated. One study found that individuals employed in a workplace with a supportive and eng...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Planning and Decision Making (1 minute read) While not all plans are successful, the process of planning is essential. There is a direct and important relationship between Planning, Organising, and Decision Making. While planning...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group The Fox and The Echidna (2 minute read) When asked if they would rather be a Fox or an Echidna*, most people consider the sleek, well-groomed, and cunning Fox to be their preference over the slower, spiky Echidna. Zoology as...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group What about the Small Rocks? (1 minute read) We all have several tasks or ‘jobs’ – usually around the house – which we’ve put off, because we need to get the important things done first. Stephen Covey – best-selling author and th...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group 5 Benefits of Planning (1 minute read) “While some may protest that planning restricts us in ‘going-with-the-flow’, it is worth acknowledging that we don’t control the actual flow!” KIRBY Planning facilitates effective cont...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group The Slog to Self-Mastery (2 minute read) “Don’t measure your life with someone else’s ruler.” KEVIN KELLY Just over 2 years ago, we shared a blog post on the ‘Quest for Mastery’ , which was both well-received and broadly shar...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group 5 Tips to Enhancing your Skills (1 minute read) One notable point-of-difference – separating you from the existing and emerging pack – is your personal skill set. So, how can any existing set of competencies be built upon and furthe...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Accountability and Achievement (2 minute read) Unfortunately, we tend to have a close association with the word’s accountability and guilt . This may stem from the fact that we don’t always meet our own expectations. Accountability...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Necessity, the Mother of Invention (2 minute read) “Limitation makes the creative mind inventive.” WALTER GROPIUS While most of us would rather put the restrictive months of Covid far behind us, one Melbourne-based mother found inspira...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Mastery – or Madness (2 minute read) During the middle of the 20th Century, certain elite athletes (runners) from Eastern Europe trained by voluntarily restricting their breathing frequency – often referred to as hypoxic ...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Change and Improvement (1 minute read) Many of us are familiar with the term Kaizen , which translates as change ( kai ) for the good ( zen ). Kaizen is based upon a philosophical belief that everything can be improved. Con...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Thinking Clearly (2 minute read) Like most people, you’ve probably been faced with a decision dilemma ; the point where you need to make a key decision yet have several (competing) considerations which can confuse and...