We continue our discussion with John Alford, this week looking at the skills he gained early in his working life that have remained with him. We also explore the difference between a transaction business and a service business when they are in the same industry.

This week we begin a 3 part series talking with John Alford about his fascinating career in the finance industry in areas as diverse as the stock market floor of the 1980s to financial planning.

Part 1 looks at an overview of John’s career with some insights into specific benefits of being in a “rough and tumble” environment early in a career.

This week Kim and Fulyana look at the small and incremental changes that can happen over a 20 year period, changes that irrevocably alter what you do and how you do it, changes that you don’t really notice until you look back at a milestone.

This week Kim and Fulyana share their reactions to a recent report published by Zoom. The report compares workplace preferences from 2021 to 2022 with an emphasis on how we feel about hybrid work situations in relation to specific work requirements such as customer liaison, team building and peer interactions.

A link to the report as well as one of our previous episodes mentioned in this podcast are below.

Zoom Report – Future of Work Revisited

Podcast – Why Are People Leaving Organisations in 2021

This week Kim and Fulyana look at when and how you should consider career growth. Do you start with a framework when you join an organisation? When you are in a leadership role should you be vigilant about individual career growth?

When you get conflicting feedback from your 360 surveys or other platforms, where do you start to address it? Should you compare to previous surveys?

This week Kim and Fulyana explore what these conflicting issues might mean, where they originate and how you should approach processing them to help you in your leadership role.

The links for the podcasts from Brandon Wilson mentioned in this episode are below.

Sabotage with Brandon Wilson

This week Kim and Fulyana talk about the best practices you can adopt when you are asked to present information or reports to a senior executive group. We cover both in person and online presentations from experience.

Have you developed your personal presentation style for these opportunities?

This week Kim and Fulyana look at a case study scenario that is very close to home for Kim. It comes as a result of our discussion with Brandon Wilson about unconscious “task gathering” that can lead to sabotage of team leadership by creating a second leader within a team – the “information” leader.

Links to the podcasts with Brandon are below this recording.

Brandon Wilson podcasts for Inside Exec

In the final part of our discussion with Brad Tornberg, Kim and Fulyana learn what has changed in the priorities for business leaders when looking at the changes to the workplace after two years of disruption.

In this continuing discussion with Brad Tornberg, Kim and Fulyana look at the benefits of combining your Quality Management System with Brad’s Business Fitness as well as the intrinsic importance of communication.