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Time for a new book…meet “The Bigger Button”.

04 August 2025|No Comments

Right now, I’m tucked away in a little shack by the sea at the Bay of Fires. The ocean is roaring outside my window, a pot of tea is beside Read More…

The Australian Business Book Awards are now officially open for entries.

11 July 2025|No Comments

We’re excited to announce that entries are now open for the 2025 Australian Business Book Awards. The awards celebrate the best business books by Australian authors, recognising excellence across a Read More…

FREE COPY OF “THE BIG BOOK OF SMALL BUSINESS” – VIA FLIPBOOKS.

15 November 2024|No Comments

One of my favourite and most successful books is “The Big Book of Small Business”. As the name suggests, it’s a book book that is strangely about small business. I Read More…

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WORLD BEE DAY – 20 MAY 2022

Yesterday was WORLD BEE DAY. And whilst I know there is a day for just about everything, we really do need to acknowledge the role that these little guys play Read More…

21 May 2022|No Comments

A BETTER WORLD

A NEW APPOINTMENT

Seven years ago I worked with Jarrod McGrath to help him with writing his first book, The Digital Workforce. He had just founded his company, Smart WFM. In the last Read More…

18 May 2022|No Comments

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THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY – PUTTING PENSIONERS AND SMALL BUSINESS TOGETHER.

There’s a lot of discussion about labour shortages and skill shortages, with not a lot of answers, certainly not a lot of answers in the lead up to the federal Read More…

16 May 2022|2 Comments

Better Business

7 Signs That You Might Have Become a Business ‘Shut In’

I wrote this article a year before COVID hit….wow, I thought I was becoming a shut in then……now it just looks like a commentary piece about life in lock down….. Read More…

03 May 2022|No Comments

Better Business

The 7 Stories we need to be telling.

Hey Folks – I did this webinar last week and the feedback has been kind of amazing. I think it’s a right time/right content thing. A lot has changed in Read More…

03 May 2022|No Comments

Storytelling

Are you ready to get that book written?

Hey there folks – yep, they are BACK. My next Author Academy retreat will be held in Hobart – it’s not until later in the year, as in November, but Read More…

19 April 2022|No Comments

Books, Books, Books, Events

Ready to ramp up your rusty speaker skills?

SPEAKER 2.0 JULY 11-14th 2022 – HOBART Yep, my Speaker 2.0 retreat is back as well. After a rough on again/off again schedule over the past two years, I’m very Read More…

19 April 2022|No Comments

Events, SPEAKER STUFF

I just love moments of serendipity…like this.

I LOVE SERENDIPITY….. When you’re an author, you get to have some extraordinarily serendipitous moments. I’ve been fortunate enough to have many over the last 23 years, but recently, I Read More…

18 April 2022|No Comments

Author stuff

I came across this on the back of the bag from a local bookshop.

Love this on the back of the bag given out at Fullers Book Shop in Hobart. The 10 things you may unwittingly have done when you purchased a book from Read More…

04 April 2022|No Comments

Better Business

Can you help?

UPDATE – 11th April 2022 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED US – WE’VE GOT ENOUGH BOOKS NOW. Thank you to everyone who has supported this shout out. We Read More…

28 March 2022|1 Comment

Bits And Pieces

WEBINAR – 28th April 2022

WHAT ARE THE STORIES WE NEED TO BE TELLING IN 2022? A little while back I did a webinar about my key strategies for doing business in 2022 (and what Read More…

26 March 2022|No Comments

Events

WEBINAR RECORDING – It’s time to get your speaker mojo on.

If you missed my webinar today you can watch it via the link below. I’ve had great feedback – certainly plenty of people feeling like they needed a burst of Read More…

17 March 2022|No Comments

SPEAKER STUFF

12 Characteristics of high performing businesses.

I was recently asked to write an article for Money & Life Magazine – on the characteristics of high performing business. Here are the characteristics that I have observed over Read More…

16 March 2022|2 Comments

Better Business

Where do you even start when it comes to recovering from a natural disaster?

THE STEPS BUSINESS OWNERS NEED TO TAKE WHEN IT COMES TO RECOVERING FROM FLOODS (AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS). Once again we’re a country with many people and businesses impacted by Read More…

09 March 2022|No Comments

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN A $30,000 BOOK WRITING AND PUBLISHING PACKAGE?

If you’ve always wanted to write and publish a non-fiction book, this competition is for you. We are offering our ‘Platinum Publishing Package’, valued at over $30,000, to one lucky Read More…

01 March 2022|No Comments

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