In Part 2 of our three part discussion with Rodney Watson OAM, Kim and Fulyana explore Rodney’s views on responsible governance, the similarities of managing a business or a sporting association (with upwards of 3,000 registered players), the changing roles of volunteers and the impact of legislation on volunteer based administration.

Have you ever embarked on changing an organisation’s constitution? How long do you think it should take?

It’s old home week at Inside-Exec as Kim and Fulyana talk with a former work colleague, Rodney Watson OAM, about his lifelong involvement with sports administration whilst pursuing his successful career in executive management positions across Australia.

What are the similarities in management? What are the challenges? In Part 1, of a 3 part series, we hear of Rodney’s career journey and the lessons learned early that are still vitally important today. Structure and governance are two areas that get special attention in this longer than usual podcast (around 30 minutes).

Do you consider yourself “brave” at work? What about courageous?

This week Kim and Fulyana explore what being brave and/or courageous means in the workplace. Looking at some examples from their own experience, we hear exactly what these terms mean in a work environment and how you, too, can benefit from be “brave aware”.

In the second part of our discussion with Daniel Hakim, Kim and Fulyana hear what planning goes in to moving a business and building new premises, the challenges of industry regulators as well as the value of focused industry support groups.

We hear that the issues for business owners are very similar regardless of the size of the business.

In this first part of a two part discussion, Kim and Fulyana talk with Daniel Hakim about how a passion for cars has kept him in business for over 10 years within a highly competitive retail and wholesale sector.

How do you manage a team that is older than you? How do you get the right staff to join a team when the industry is renowned for high turnover and a skills shortage approaching 50%? Does a passion keep you going when you still need to make all the business decisions?

What is the difference between personal best and personal excellence? Which is more important for your career? How do you measure them? Why should you measure them?

This week Kim and Fulyana explore the connection and differences between personal best and personal excellence.

As always, we welcome your feedback and views on these topics. You keep us thinking!!

How often do you measure your job satisfaction? Once a year when it’s review time? Are you really satisfied with your job and your performance?

In this podcast Kim and Fulyana talk through some of the issues that we like to generalise about when referring to our job satisfaction. It’s time to be realistic and measure job satisfaction on a more regular basis to get a real sense of how you are feeling about work and career issues.

Do you feel as though you are on a career treadmill? Is every week the same? Are you trapped in a cycle of work/eat/sleep?

This week Kim and Fulyana explore what it means to be in a rut, as the expression goes, and what you can realistically do about it. Not necessarily massive change, which 95% of us avoid, but being honest about what is possible if we ignore the excuses we tell ourselves every day.

Even when we are surrounded by work associates, we can feel alone or isolated. How do you address this? What are some simple ways to reconnect with the humanity around you? Where do you start?

This week Kim and Fulyana explore some ways they use to keep the human connection happening in their various work situations.