by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog, Business, General, Reflections
It’s been good to be out and about again. And I can’t help but observe the way people in business are going about things. I saw someone the other day who reminded me of the way things were done many years ago. It made me think. He was in a selling role in a retail...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 17, 2020 | Blog, People Management, Reflections
There seems to be plenty of commentary predicting the ‘death of the office’. This, of course, has come as a result of the new ‘work from home’ regime that has seen many of us remain busy and effective without having to go to work each day. We have been able to sit in...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Reflections
In a few days time we will have crawled out of the darkness of lockdown and we’ll begin to understand what life at level three looks and feels like. There is no question that we have done a good job of minimising the potential damage to our population and our health...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Leadership, People Management, Reflections
As business owners and managers, many of us are trying to understand what the new ‘post Covid 19’ economy will look like. There are plenty of discussions about what the future might have in store and we are already starting to see evidence of difficult discussions....
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, Leadership
It’s not until it all stops that you have a moment to think about it. When the market is booming, everyone is happy and upbeat. People are positive and those in decision-making roles are comfortable. Life is good. I remember the lead up to the GFC. One of the things...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 2, 2020 | Blog, Customer Experience, Leadership
Like many of us, I travel a lot. Most of my movements are related to my work. I might jump on a plane for a holiday a couple of times a year as well. Because of my travel schedule, I used to catch a lot of taxi’s. Typically, I will drive to my home airport, but when I...
by Bruce Cotterill | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Leadership, People Management
We seem to be spending more and more time in meetings. Despite technology enabling us to do more work away from the office or the job, meetings remain the place where things are meant to happen. This time of the year is as bad as it gets for meetings. There are new...
by Bruce Cotterill | Feb 2, 2020 | Blog, Leadership, People Management
By now most of us have our feet back under the desk and the holidays are rapidly becoming a distant memory. Our skin is a bit browner, and our new year’s resolutions have been stated and subsequently abandoned. During the break, we might have even thought about...
by Bruce Cotterill | Dec 22, 2019 | Blog, Reflections
In the next few weeks, many of us will be taking the opportunity to head to the coastal regions of the country for our summer holiday. Once we’re there we will be spending a chunk of our time in the water, swimming, paddling, surfing, skiing and maybe even diving. One...
by Bruce Cotterill | Dec 8, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
Like many of us, I spend too much time sitting at airport lounges. Usually, like most people, the travel is for business purposes. I heard someone say once that the only exciting business trip was the first. I suspect we all feel that way sometimes. So, I was sitting...
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