by Jennifer Elliott, CEO and Founder, Integrity and Values | Jul 3, 2019 | Behaviour, Boardroom Breakfast, Leadership
In our recent Integrity and Values Boardroom Breakfast, we began the conversation on Feedback. In this article – and a few to follow – I’ll share some practical kitchen tools and techniques to master the art of giving effective feedback and cutting to the chase. How...
by Jennifer Elliott, CEO and Founder, Integrity and Values | Apr 12, 2019 | Boardroom Breakfast, Leadership
Here’s a curly question for you: If you’re really honest with yourself – how much integrity do you really have? Every moment I am challenged by how much integrity we do or don’t have. And – no offence – I consider we don’t have any. So, in this...
by Jennifer Elliott, CEO and Founder, Integrity and Values | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
I was at a client in Newcastle about a decade ago, watching mining equipment being loaded up for shipping to a mine in Western Australia. The dispatcher said, “They’ll be back in a fortnight.” I was flabbergasted. “Why?” I asked. “They’ve got faults in them,” he...
by Jennifer Elliott, CEO and Founder, Integrity and Values | Nov 30, 2018 | Behaviour, Boardroom Breakfast, Business Development
Several years ago we were approaching the end of year. We’d made budget and were shooting for our stretch goal. One more sale was going to do it. I bagged the sale. I was thrilled with myself! I told the team that we’d done it – that we’d made the goal. And we planned...
by Jennifer Elliott, CEO and Founder, Integrity and Values | Sep 27, 2018 | Boardroom Breakfast
Missed deadlines, reworks and lost profit are the cost of not being transparent about what is happening in your business – the cost of settling for the beautiful lie. And these lies have a cost that we can measure in time, money and materials. Would you prefer to hear...