"Its not personal" A phrase I have heard many times over the years. Especially when a manager or employer prepares to deliver you bad news. I always disagreed with that. Maybe its one of my weaknesses and I know for sure, sometimes people have to be let go. But, its always personal. Your job is where you spend most of your time and therefore if it makes you miserable then and at times it carries over into your personal life. Thats personal. Added to that, many people, maybe most, live hand to mouth. They are counting down the days to pay day in order to buy their food for the family. so when you lose your job, you cannot feed your family and start to struggle with bills, then its absolutely personal.  Those that know and have worked with me I hope would describe me as a happy go lucky person. But Ive had a lot of ups and downs. So much so that I became conditioned for bad news and bad luck. Ive of course left out the most graphic personal consequences but as an overview I fe...

I have witnessed all types of behaviour over my years working in business and even within professional sport. I believe you can run a successful business treating every one with the same energy and respect. In sports I believe you can achieve the best outcome with a better approach to all people. Over the years teams have proven they can over achieve against expectation and always describe a great working environment off the pitch as a major factor. In business I think the benefits are huge also with over achievement when you create a great happy enjoyable environment. Here I tell you why along with some experiences along the way... I've always been fascinated by working personality. Seeing how people act and change amongst different people.  I've worked in companies that are small and also in huge enterprise businesses. I've also worked in a number of professional football clubs. Now I'm all for healthy respect for people in high ranking positions. Albeit, I feel they ...