Are you managing or leading a long distance project? Do you collaborate with teams across countries, states or cities? Ever wonder what the best practice is for this type of collaboration?

This week Kim confesses to not following best practice for her latest project and Fulyana shares her own experience in managing teams on projects across continents.  We’d be delighted to hear about your experiences too.

Are you new to your current role? Have you ever joined an organisation and not been able to orient yourself or had the benefit of an organised induction/orientation session? Whose responsibility is this when you are in the senior executive ranks?

This week Kim and Fulyana explore the options you have when you need to get yourself oriented to a new position or a new organisation. How do you set yourself up to understand the new environment whilst still contributing from day 1?Let us know your experiences as well.

Have you ever been bewildered by acronyms? Do you speak a special language in your business world that is alien to your customers or clients? Do you expect anyone who interacts with your business to speak your business language?

This week Kim shares a recent experience where a business spoke in its own language and expected her, as the customer, to understand without checking to see if she actually did. Together with Fulyana, she explores what the repercussions are when you speak your business “first” language.

If you were asked to be a more strategic thinker, would you know what this means? How would you train yourself to become a strategic thinker?

This week Kim and Fulyana look at what strategic thinking means for them in the workplace and how, as a senior executive, you might approach a plan to be a more strategic thinker.

Do you set goals, have milestones for projects or plan a map of progress?

This week Kim and Fulyana talk through the advantages of using mapping for your project plans and team achievements…….and revisit the ongoing debate about the word “goals”.