THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Soft Skills Rule (1 minute read) While the need for technical competence in select roles has little room for negotiation, the rise and rise in the demand for ‘soft’ (non-technical) competencies cannot be ignored. Soft...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group There’s Nothing Like the Present (1 minute read) “We spend 35% of our time thinking about the past, and 50% of the time thinking about the future. This only leaves us 15% to be in the present!” HUGH VAN CUYLENBURG. AUTHOR, ‘THE RESIL...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group The T.H.I.N.K. Hack (1 minute read) I have a great friend, Tony, who shared this practise with me many years ago as a reminder to his kids of the need to ‘think before they speak’ – with the right, supportive intent. It ...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Conviction Convinces (2 minute read) When you think of some of the world’s greatest orators – Martin Luther King Jr, Sir Winston Churchill, Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, John C Maxwell – they have certain traits in common. ...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group The Case for Culture (2 minute read) In an ideal situation, an organisation should be like a family, not like the tired cliché that enterprises use to promote their office culture, but in the way that parents pass on skil...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Incorporating Growth Mindset into Culture (2 minute read) Extensive research into motivation indicates that a growth mindset – which holds that skills and abilities can be improved in ways that shape the purpose of the work that you do – lead...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group The Deadly Sins of Organisational Culture (2 minute read) “Organisational culture has direct consequences for success and happiness” ADAM GRANT, ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST We like to highlight and share the stories of great places to work, a...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Perks @ Work (2 minute read) At ‘Patagonia’ Outdoor Clothing and Gear, they have implemented a policy where employees can leave anytime there is a perfect surf – even during office hours! For the avid surfer, this...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Gamify Your Day (1 minute read) Unless you’re the serial loser of all the board games played around the dining room table, games are fun. Whether it was Monopoly, Uno, Jenga or Pictionary, it’s most likely you have p...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Mindset Matters (2 minute read) Within your workplace, you bring 3 components to the table: your skillset , your toolset, and your mindset . Skillset : your competencies and capabilities, based on knowledge and exper...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Desperately Seeking Solitude (2 minute read) “There is rapture on the lonely shore There is society where none intrude by the sea And music in its roar I love not man less, but nature more.” LORD BYRON, 1812 If we put the differe...
THE MARKETING SALES GROUP PTY LTD, The Marketing Sales Group Is FOPO the new FOMO? (2 minute read) Let’s start with this question. ‘On a scale of 1-10, how weird are you?’ It’s likely that a) you were able to give a response to this question without too much consideration, and b) th...
