3 June, 2016

Negotiation is the art of letting them have your way

  Few of us earn a living negotiating agreements with presidents, prime ministers or dictators. But most of us in our daily lives negotiate agreements with our bosses, colleagues, business partners, lovers, husbands, wives, and tradesmen who are repair our […]
21 May, 2016

A tip for presenting: speak louder!

There is one comment that always comes up in our Presentation skills courses: Speak louder! If you’re speaking in front of a room full of people, with or without a microphone, it’s likely that you’re not speaking loudly enough. We […]
3 May, 2016

A tip on active and passive voice

It’s a long-standing rule of clear writing that we prefer the active voice to the passive voice, an authority no less than George Orwell included it in his seminal essay, Politics and the English Language. So can we ever use […]
30 March, 2016

At 36,000 feet, no one hears ministers scream

  Imagine your minister getting on the red-eye flight from Perth. Leaves Perth at 0.40 am and arrives in, say, Melbourne five hours later. Think about this person and imagine their circumstances and condition. At this time of night, all […]
30 March, 2015

Thoughts on Whitlam

  A younger Annabell Turnbull of Ethos CRS sits at the feet of Whitlam second from the right. Gough Whitlam’s memorial service was held last year. Seven prime ministers were in attendance and paid their respects. Noel Pearson delivered a […]
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