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10 September 2012

10 secrets to raise your company's safety quotient

The drive to achieve high performance in safety is almost universally something all organisations involved in drilling want to achieve. And, that’s a great thing not just a good thing. Read More >>

27 August 2012

Lessons From Marilyn

I (Simon) travel more than I like. It’s not to say that I don’t enjoy it, it’s just that for those of us that do travel a lot we miss ‘the little things’ of home. For me it’s the warm smile of people I know I pass on my bike in the early hours of the morning to and from training. Read More >>

13 August 2012

The Discipline of Listening

Ram Charan had this fantastic article in Harvard Business Review recently. I (Simon) think this theme is recurring, are we good listeners? Read More >>

30 July 2012

How Smart Leaders Translate Strategy into Execution

Too many CEOs and other leaders today are uncertain about their role in executing strategy. Too often they relegate this and miss an important opportunity to perform the role of Chief Execution Officer. Read More >>

16 July 2012

Black Swan Events and Safety

Dr Hase wakes us up with ‘In The Black Swan’. It is an important message for all of us. Read More >>

2 July 2012

The Danger of Being a Good Samaritan

A tragic event recently involved a “good Samaritan”, a father of 6, dying after offering assistance to people involved in a car pile-up on one of Sydney’s busy freeways. After stopping and getting out of his vehicle to see if any of the person’s involved were injured and needed medical attention he was struck down by another vehicle ploughing into the crash scene. Read More >>

18 June 2012

Let’s give 110%... to avoid clichés

A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald looked at the way some “buzz words” and motivational and/or leadership clichés can tend to have the opposite effect of their intentions. There was a list appearing in the hardcopy that had some priceless examples, but unfortunately is amiss in the online version of the article. Read More >>

11 June 2012

Elusive key to changing lives in minutes – just ask TED

Each year, Sydney hosts what is known as the TEDx. TED is a US based not-for-profit enterprise devoted to the propagation of Ideas Worth Spreading. TED started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment & Design. Read More >>

4 June 2012

What Makes a Good Leader?

Luke Fitzpatrick sends in another excellent essay that delves further into his unwavering commitment of understanding what management, and managing people, is all about. Good management is understanding what needs to be done. Good leadership is understanding how it needs to be executed. Read More >>

28 May 2012

Changing Behaviour is Trickier than it Looks

We are again fortunate to have some wise words from BTB’s Head of People and Performance, Dr. Stewart Hase. With his background and passion for organisational psychology, the following article helps shed some light on why it can be so ‘gosh darn difficult’ to change some of those negative behaviours into positive ones. Read More >>

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