The Turnaround Mindset

Working remotely has become the new trend for businesses all over the world. In the wake of the pandemic many businesses, and of course employees, weren’t properly prepared for this new set up and have had to evolve quickly to this new way of working. Learning how to manage and monitor remote teams has become a crucial part of business success.  As a leader or as a manager it’s your responsibility...

In the final part of this special podcast series, we delve into Principle 6 and Principle 7 on how to turnaround a business.  We begin out discussion looking at Principle 6: Retaining and Promoting Talent. Retaining talented and motivated employees who truly want to be a part of a business’s future success is paramount in managing a turnaround. This means identifying those that have the right tech...

In Part 3 of this special podcast series, we talk about Principle 4 and Principle 5 on how to turnaround a business.  So now that the strategy has been developed, we have identified what problems need to solved, and mobilised an accountable and responsible workforce….what’s next? Focus now needs to be directed towards reshaping and restructuring the organisation for success. In this special episod...

In Part 2 of this special podcast series, we talk about Principle 2 and Principle 3 on how to turnaround a business.  Nothing is more important in executing a successful turnaround than a deep understanding of the financial and operational performance data of the organisation. When businesses fall on hard times, companies need to take dramatic action to generate rapid improvement in performance or...

With the cessation of JobKeeper in March 2021, Australian businesses will need to be smarter, nimbler and more innovative than they have ever been to stand on their own two feet again.  In response to the challenges facing businesses and business leaders, we have put together a very special 4-part podcast series dedicated to a single topic: Thriving or Failing: How do I turnaround a business?  Ove...

Striking the right balance between family and career will differ depending on the circumstances facing the person, the family, their stage of life, their chosen career. As human beings adapt to life during this pandemic, has provided people with more options around working from home and working around family life.  However, in an attempt to be both good at family and good at career, can sometimes...

Good employees are hard to find. They say that when you lose your best people, the first place to look is at management. When your top talent decides to leave your business, productivity reduces, morale suffers, and resentment sets in with the employer as the tasks of the exiting employee are loaded onto the remaining staff.      In these unprecedented times, there is no new normal when it comes t...

Ego can either make or break your company.  Ego is defined as a self generated identity of what we believe to be who and what we are. A strong ego centric nature is linked to our core identity as humans, and therefore we want to protect it at all costs. As a leader, an ego left unchecked can warp our perspective and values and corrupt our behaviour.  As we advance up the corporate ladder, people a...

Today businesses are more acutely aware that to remain competitive they need to innovate and deliver services more efficiently. More positions are being outsourced, cut, or revamped, which makes it very difficult to believe that anybody's job is completely safe. However, in any organisation you will still find a group of people who are absolutely indispensable regardless of the environment, e...

In 2021 society is still grappling with the economic aftermath of coronavirus and the wider ramifications of how we will conduct business going forward. In these unprecedented times, decisive and fearless leadership is critical to any business transformation. The Turnaround Mindset podcast was created to give people and companies the opportunity to have the difficult questions about their business...