What are we thinking?
The Beckon Business blog is a reflection of the insights we gain and share from the work we do with our clients.
Making lemonade from the Covid-19 lemon
As business coaches and mentors, my colleague Margaret Armitage and I are often asked by clients and contacts “what are you seeing ‘out there?’.” Over the past 6 months of our shared Covid-19 winter in Australia, we have lost count
How distance can improve business fitness in an era of social distancing
Last year my work colleague Ak Sabbagh, who often has moments of startling wisdom, wrote a blog about the similarity between Astronoauts and Business Coaches in which he explained that the gift they both have is PERSPECTIVE. To quote from
Brains, Drains and Webinars: How a Leader’s Brain Works in the Virtual Covid19 World
Margaret Armitage, 22nd April 2020 Amongst the flood of valuable online material, webinars, zoom meetings that make up life in COVID-19, there are one or two that have really resonated and bring a whole new awareness to me as a
Events this week – Acknowledging the Leader
Leading a business can be challenging at the best of times let alone in the uncertain times we find ourselves in today. So I thought I’d reach out to you to say g’day and to also invite you to a
Vacuum bigger killer than the Virus?
Just got off the “Zoomiverse” from countless calls to clients and contacts this morning. Key themes coming out are around keeping staff connected and engaged, motivated and focussed. What I’ve heard is that younger staff who haven’t experienced a major
All Choked up and Nowhere to go?
The Holden drama, or soap opera as one of my colleagues calls it, that we have seen play out in the last few weeks has raised commentary from many quarters on what should have been done and what could be
