Brendan Mitchell blog

Tag: Leading

  • Trust Me, I’m a Blogger

    While taking a break from my hectic morning schedule of making myself a cup of tea & finding some clean socks to wear I thought I’d check in and see what little bread crumbs my fellow Twits had left for me. Sure enough there were plenty, but one from Jaculynn stood out more than most…

  • Dirty Laundry

    We’ve heard it so many times from clients & suppliers… “we’re customer focused… everything we do is with the customer in mind… we’re number one for our clients… you can trust us to deliver… we won’t let you down… yawn yawn etc” Then they proceed to say “But don’t take our word for it, listen…

  • I hear there’s a recession, but I’ve decided not to take part

    At the end of 2007 I sold two of my companies, vision360 & ezpresenter, to the Cordovan Group, with the new company becoming Cordovan Digital (where I’m currently a Board Director). We’ve had a pretty good year, highest turnover & profits of our previous 10 year history, so I can’t say fairer than that. Of…

  • Be Effective

    As a classic INTJ through and through I hate ineffeciency, it’s a pet hate and I strive to remove it from many aspects of my business, but I’ve just spent a couple of very informative days brain storming & discussing future strategies for the Cordovan Group with the board members along with Prof David Drennan.…

  • Startup Tips for the Early, Early Days

    I couldn’t agree more with this… I stumbled across it while looking at Noah Everett’s blog, he’s the founder of Nusoni… (they developed TwitPic)

  • Tribes Q&A

    Here’s another free eBook created by the guys in Triiibes unlike the case studies ebook, this time, this one has been laid out properly (by Paul “Bolofeesh” Durban) and has been edited to make it a better read. Paul’s even created a Kinetic Typography style video to entice you (there’s obviously a lot more to…

  • How to be a Leader

    Make your passion your goal & be committed to it Be true to your ideology Wear your values on your sleeve Listen with an open mind Speak from the heart Be honest, most of all to yourself Give respect where it’s due Know when you’re right Admit when you’re wrong Give your audience what they…

  • Are You Ready to Lead?

    In the morning the disciple would awake before dawn He would draw water from the well & carry it up the hill He would clean & sweep the temple He would pick fresh mangoes, wash, slice & prepare them He would grind coffee by hand He would boil the water He would awake the guru…