"Words of Bizdom" Winners
By Brian Haverty | June 29, 2008
BNET Australia Contributors
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Biography
BNET Australia Contributors
Brian Haverty is editorial director for CBS Interactive Australia and is responsible for the company's BNET and ZDNet Australia sites.
Robert Gerrish is a coach, author and professional speaker and the founder of Flying Solo, an Australian online community for solo business owners.
Melissa Lourenco is the HR manager for CBS Interactive in Australia.
Chris Golis is the author of The Humm Handbook: Lifting Your Level of Emotional Intelligence. He runs seminars and workshops on EQ.
Suzi Dafnis is Community Director of the Australian Businesswomen's Network.
Yvonne Adele helps organisations build a culture of ideas by teaching people at all levels to access their untapped creative thinking skills.
Thank you to all those who entered the BNET Australia “Words of Bizdom” competition. We received a large number of interesting and insightful examples of useful managerial advice. Winners of the competition include:
Major winner
- D. Gee from NSW took away top prize with this entry: ” Don’t assume that you always know the answer, but always trust that you know the person who does.”
Runners-up
- N. Stratford, SA
- J. Carey, NSW
- T. Mitchell, VIC
Here are a few more of the submissions we received — please feel free to add your own advice or leave a comment.
- “When recruiting staff or building team, there is no substitute for experience and intelligence - qualifications are secondary.”
- “When listening, really be involved in hearing all that is said, the little words are as important as the grand explanation of concepts. Pay heed to the lowest employee of any business, always say thank you, and never take your own publicity as factual.”
- “There is always a choice about the way you do your work, even if there is not a choice about the work itself.”
- “The only certainty about a 5-year plan is that it will be dramatically wrong in 5 years.”
Thank you again to all those that entered the “Words of Bizdom” competition.
