It is not only salary that affects happiness. If you are working more than sixty hours a week and cannot connect with why you are doing the work, you are likely to be unproductive and unhappy. People paid handsomely to do meaningless work do not stay. So if money is not the driver, what is? Four things to focus on, none of which involve a pay rise.
MJ spends time with Neil Randall, acclaimed footballer, Commissioner of the WAFC, Past President and Director of Subiaco Football Club, owner of the Paddington Ale House, President of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Hotels Association and Board Member for Hostplus, hearing his thoughts on leadership and the state of play in the Perth Hospitality Market.
As my 50th birthday approached, I paused to reflect on the lessons learned along the way, the forces that shaped me and the people who influenced me. I came up with my ten most influential. Surround yourself with great people. Choose laughter. Be curious. Find your grit. Be kind. Create balance. Ten years on I would not remove any of them, but I would tell you which one to start with.
Mark Daniels is truly inspirational! Follow his journey as he shares with us how he went from near-death to participating in marathons in under a year; a thought provoking and inspiring article on leadership, the power of goal-setting and grit. In Mark's words "Screw 'Disabled', Screw Normal; only you know what you are capable of."
It was an off the cuff comment in a classroom, and it should have stayed there. We named the recovery: tits and teeth. Straighten up, smile, carry on. It got a laugh, then it got used again the following week, then it stopped being a joke and started being a standard. Ten years ago I wrote it up as a leadership capability. This is the correction, including what seventeen years of my own assessment data says it has cost.
