How To Get Engagement From Your Staff
16 September 2015Are you interested in getting full and involved participation from your people? Instead of telling someone to do a task, ask them how they think it should be done. I first read the following story in Les Giblin’s excellent book ‘How to have confidence and power in dealing with people’. He gives credit to […]
New Time Management Techniques – or Are They?
26 August 2015We seem to be living in a whole new world. People are learning to act and react in different ways, there are new ways of doing business and constantly we hear of new approaches to old problems, including the way we manage our time and live our lives. So why have we failed to […]
Timely Tip for Parents
19 August 2015I truly believe that bringing up children is one of the toughest assignments there is – and one of the most important. It’s not for those who crave instant gratification – you sign up for the long haul and there’s no sending the squalling, dirty, and often unappreciative merchandise back. And as for time management […]
Time Management for Working Parents
12 August 2015Time Management for Working Parents – How to Reduce Early Morning Madness Every working parent has been there. You’ve got a briefcase under one arm, the baby under the other, and you’re walking out the door. You’re mentally rehearsing your presentation for an 8:30 meeting which you will just make if you really put your foot […]
When multi-tasking went wrong
18 July 2015Ever felt overwhelmed with too much ‘stuff’ in your space and a cotton wool head? I think I’m pretty good at clearing clutter and keeping focused (my life’s work for the last 23 years has been to help others with that very issue), but one day I fell back into the insidious bog of overwhelm […]
Meet Robyn in Auckland June 30th 2015
18 June 2015How To Get Ahead…. And Still Have A Life I’ve partnered with NZ leading Home Mortgage expert David Hill and Australasia’s only Certified Money Mentor Lynda Moore to create a fantastic workshop that will give you all the tools to: Supercharge your saving efforts. Reduce your mortgage faster. Reach your goals without burning out. Date: Thursday 9th July […]
Video: Little Child Feeds a Homeless Man
22 May 2015Hi, This morning I just want to share this very short clip and story with you – it’s truly inspirational. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11451571 Our teachers are everywhere. Have a wonderful day. Best, Robyn
A Middle Earth Adventure in New Zealand – from Alps to Ocean by Bike
15 April 2015We all have different ways of achieving life balance. For me, exercise with friends plays an important part. About eight years ago I was lucky enough to tap into a group of very positive and motivated women who regularly exercised together. Every now and again the group (and some partners) do bigger events – including […]
Preparing Our Teens to Manage Money in the Big Wide World
11 February 2015My oldest grandson has just come to live with me. My friend Yvonne Godfrey, whose new book ‘Parenting Yadults – How to Set Up Your Young Adult For Independence and Success in Life’ has just been released, has inspired me to share some of the experiences. ‘Rob’ she said the other day, ‘people are hungry […]
A 1% improvement is all you need for amazing success
3 December 2014How many times have you made a firm resolution to lose weight or join a gym but a few weeks later find you’ve dropped the ball? You were sure you wanted to do it when you set the intention – but it got hard, took too much time, …. (The excuses are legion – pick […]