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Step out of your Comfort Zone
Owning or running a business can be challenging, and it often requires individuals to step out of their comfort zones. It's essential for...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jun 24, 20232 min read


Face people head-on
Don’t chat behind someone’s back. Don’t tell everyone else your issue with a certain employee. They can’t change it. If you want change,...
Edwin van der Graaf
Oct 4, 20221 min read


Find your 4 leaf clovers
Good employees are hard to find. Great employees are harder to find. Awesome employees are like 4 leaf clovers. But they are out there,...
Edwin van der Graaf
Sep 14, 20221 min read


Failure is not the opposite of success
We should all admire businesses that celebrate their failures, it is part of their success story. I was lucky enough to work for an...
Edwin van der Graaf
Aug 16, 20221 min read


“Everything changes so that everything can stay the same”
Whilst the original quote is from a story set in the 1860’s, The Leopard, published in 1958 by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the message...
Edwin van der Graaf
Aug 3, 20222 min read


Find ways to say Thank You
This goes out to leaders and employees alike. Instead of looking at someone’s negative performance, start with the mindset to Thank...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jul 20, 20223 min read


Where are the real Leaders?
For those of you around my vintage may recall a leader called Lee Iacocca who wrote a book called ‘Where have all the leaders gone’? He...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jul 13, 20222 min read


Can we be friends?
Can we be friends at work? If you are both employees? Absolutely! If you are a leader and an employee? That is a Hard NO! I once had the...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jul 5, 20222 min read


Culture and Dirty Dishes
Sounds odd having culture and dishes in the same sentence. But interestingly, there is a correlation between the two. Dirty dishes, and...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jun 28, 20222 min read


It’s you, not me
Throughout many conversations with business leaders, it is disappointing to hear comments about their employees like: “They just don’t...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jun 21, 20222 min read


Giving in, or being an employer of choice?
With the ‘Great Resignation’ still rolling on, employers are feeling more and more out of their comfort zone. They feel they are losing...
Edwin van der Graaf
May 10, 20222 min read


Lead from behind
Being a leader of people should be viewed as a privilege, not everyone gets to experience this in their career. As a leader it is your...
Edwin van der Graaf
Mar 2, 20222 min read


Languishing? Yep, it's a thing!
I don’t really feel motivated. I don’t really feel happy when I do my favourite activity. I don’t really want to go to that work...
Edwin van der Graaf
Feb 7, 20223 min read


Your time is now to seize the moment
A New Year, a New Opportunity to seize the day. Not one for New Year’s Resolutions, I believe that every day is a good time to make a...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jan 16, 20221 min read


The importance of checking in
Too many times I see and hear employees complaining about their working conditions, their inability to complete tasks, their lack of...
Edwin van der Graaf
Nov 2, 20213 min read


Conflict at work?
The list of why there is conflict in the workplace is endless. It can stem from the most minor perceived transgression to something major...
Edwin van der Graaf
Oct 12, 20212 min read


Who Cares?
Isn’t it interesting that we teach our children that ‘sharing is caring’, we should say please and thank people when they do something...
Edwin van der Graaf
Sep 3, 20212 min read


How humble are you really?
The oxford dictionary defines Humility as: “The quality of not thinking that you are better than other people; the quality of being...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jun 8, 20211 min read


How do you treat your employees?
Be thoughtful, kind and understanding. It sounds simple, yet many of us get too caught up in the day to day of life that we forget to be...
Edwin van der Graaf
Jun 1, 20212 min read


How are you balancing life?
There is no such thing as Work / Life Balance! I heard this some years ago and thought, 'here we go, this business is going to expect me...
Edwin van der Graaf
May 28, 20211 min read
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