I work with people and businesses to discover and apply those values of leadership, service, self and community that will make a real difference in all aspects of life and business growth. To allow people to choose the life that is best for them …. and to work towards achieving that life. To allow businesses to define their uniqueness and leadership qualities that sustain customer satisfaction, su
stained profits, heightened staff morale, personal development and job satisfaction…. and to work towards achieving that outcome. A few years ago it seemed as if the world went a little bit crazy. We called it the GFC – Global Financial Crisis. But what we suffered from was not a GFC. What we suffered from was a GVC – a Global Values Crisis©. The day we made the bottom line rule our decision making in business and government, is the day we let values die. The day we lost respect for individual values of what is right is the day we gave businesses and governments permission to do so. Don’t get me wrong, as a business man, as an ex-bank manager, as a consultant to small businesses everywhere, I know the importance of a healthy bottom line. Let’s face it, if businesses don’t make a profit then you don’t have a business and people don’t have jobs. But when we make the bottom line THE priority, then we lose sight of the value of the people who make that bottom line possible. And when we lose respect for the value that a single human being brings to this world, then we lose sight of what makes that person so great. And when we lose sight of what makes a person great, it becomes too easy to believe that I, as a living being, deserve little in return. Values Inspired Leadership© is where I focus on identifying those values the world now seeks in the leaders we need. The Values Inspired Life© is where I work with people to identify the values and the processes necessary to make the complete and happy life they deserve a reality©. Through The Butterfly That Changed The World© I work with people and businesses to show how the smallest action can have the greatest effect; in life and in business. And through our actions together, we can change the world forever!©
Business Leader and Speaker:
The Values Inspired Leader©
The Superman Within©
The Butterfly That Changed The World©
Seminars:
The Values Inspired Leader: Leadership Excellence Defined© (1 day)
The Values Inspired Business© (1 Day)
The Values Inspired Person: Achieving the Complete and Happy Life You Deserve© (2 day)
Business Basics I & II: How to create or build your business series© (4 hour)
Increasing Profit & Income Through Customer Service© (1 day and 2 day formats)
Pricing For Profit© (4 hr)
Your Business. Your Life: Making Your Business Work For The Life You Want© (1 day)
Charity Auctioneer
Speaker Coaching
Author:
How An Ant Ate An Elephant: Achieving The Complete And Happy Life You Deserve©
The Values Inspired Leader©
Website:
www.todayseminars.com
www.todayseminars.com.au
Biography:
With over 30 years management, business, sales and customer service experience, I am the principal of TODAY! Seminars, and have specialised in helping people achieve excellence, personally and in business. As a business leader and consultant, I have been responsible for transforming the service standards in some of Australia's and New Zealand's largest companies. As a speaker and trainer I have delivered over 1000 seminars and training programmes for leading businesses, training institutions and local governments in Australia and New Zealand and I regularly conduct speaker training workshops and on-going coaching services to other professional speakers and trainers. I have won over 20 speech contests and my talks aim to inspire, promote change and achieve results. As a State Manager I have led a high performing team that achieved the amazing growth of $1,000,000,000 and in doing so was responsible for moving a major financial institution from 1% monthly local market share within a major Australian capital city to over 20% market share; all within three years. I am the author of 'How An Elephant - Achieving the Complete & Happy Life You Deserve'©. Based on the results of over 10 years research and hundreds of workshop hours and client successes, 'How An Ant Ate An Elephant' describes 'The Process Of Achievement' which gives a step—by—step approach that enables anyone to use and take control of their lives. It gives people strategies that enable them to move day by day towards making changes in their lives and the results have been outstanding. I am also author of 'The Values Inspired Leader'©, which details ten lessons in leadership that redefine many of the beliefs people hold about leadership and management. This is a must for any person who is wanting to lead high performing, successful teams. Between 1993 and 1995 I was Chair of the Nunawading City Youth Issues Working Party, which was responsible for bringing Police, Community Workers, School Teachers, Federal and State Government agencies, Councillors and Council Management together in order to resolve issues related to the young adults in the region. What does My Process of Achievement© mean to me? (from the book "How an Ant Ate an Elephant - Achieving the Complete & Happy Life You Deserve©)
To me it means playing fair with myself. Respecting myself. Giving it all I've got. Doing my very best. Being responsible to myself and those I love. Playing the game, having fun and playing to win. It means I will look for a target that is important to me. It can be BIG or it can be small. And I don't have to worry about what others may think about what I want to achieve. Just as long as it is important to me! It's knowing that as long as I aim at the main target, and get close, I will still get a result. It's about choosing and focusing on a dream that is important to me, and setting out to achieve it in very much the same way as an ant eats an elephant - one bite at a time. It's understanding that given everything that is happening in my life all I have to do is ask myself, "What is it that I can do, right here, right now, TODAY!, given everything that is going on in my life, given all my circumstances, emotions and abilities; what is it that I can do that will take me one step closer to my dream and the rewards I deserve?"
It's not about making excuses. It is about giving it my absolute best, each and every day, even if my best is insignificant according to others. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about my achievements. As long as they are important to me! It's asking myself two questions, "What could I do?" (listing all the options) and "What can I do (given everything that is going on in life at this time)?" - then taking action - doing what I can do and not worrying about what I can't do. It's recognizing the significance of each bite as being an achievement in itself. It's recognizing the importance of taking time out at the end of each day - to look back at each achievement - big or small - and of saying to myself " This is what I achieved TODAY!"
It is about taking a balanced approach, of setting targets in all areas of my life so that every part of my life is rewarded through my achievements. And it's about a continuous loop process called RAR: Review - Action - Results. Reviewing the targets in my life. Taking action towards achieving those targets. And recognizing the results I have achieved. Of reviewing the results I have achieved and determining what my next targets are, taking new action and recognizing the new results I have achieved.
