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Elephant & Co is a leading Business School - Advisory - Think Tank, for small to medium business owners and leaders.
We believe that if our small to medium business sector is strong and healthy, it builds stable families, greater community engagement and helps promote a prosperous economy.
Our team at Elephant & Co, works with small to medium business owners and leaders in implementing the tools to establish an environment that allows for continued Thinking, Leadership, Innovation and Growth. The tools are tried and tested methodologies, which are easy-to-learn, easy-to-coach, and will result in 10x the outcomes.
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Critical thinking is an effective tool for any profession or task. It forces you to analyze things objectively, filtering out your biases, and allowing you to see things from different perspectives, which can improve your creativity.
Whether you're trying to brainstorm a new idea, creatively solve an existing problem, or just analyze how and why something went wrong, critical thinking can lead you to better resolutions.
The internet is chock-full of morning routine ideas, as well as examples of how the great and good organize their mornings.
But the truth is no one can tell you what constitutes the perfect morning routine for you but you.
Pressure is not stress. But the former is converted to the latter when you add one ingredient: rumination, the tendency to keep rethinking past or future events, while attaching negative emotion to those thoughts.
It only takes seven minutes to change how you approach your day.
Using the routine described below when you get to work will make a world of difference in your productivity, your attitude, your success, and your health. It's like the approach you make to the tee on a golf course. You plan out how you will hit the shot, which is more important than the actual swing. Before you start your day, this routine will provide the right mindset.
Will you follow it?
We’ve been taught that if we want more — money, achievement, vitality, joy, peace of mind — we need to do more, to add more to our ever-growing to-do list. But what if we’ve been taught wrong? What if the answer to getting more of what we want isn’t addition at all, but subtraction?
Are you having a hard time staying focused on work, especially in these high-stress days? Some simple techniques can make a big difference, psychologist Traci Stein explains in a recent Psychology Today post. Give her techniques a try and see how your own focus improves, and build them into daily habits to keep that benefit going into the future.
You can find the full list here. These are some of her best tips.
Proactivity: A Journey Together
Over a year on from The Huddle event we hosted in 2019, former AFL player and General Manager of Elephant & Co, Dennis Armfield, captured an open and uplifting take on what he gained and continues to reflect on from his experience. Dennis along with Elephant & Co and set out with a simple mission, to make humans better. From what he has to say below, his motivation is second to none - as are his pearls of wisdom.
Did your va-va lose its voom? Your edge its steely sharpness? Boomerang not coming back? Mojo not working its magic?
Chances are you're suffering from the age-old disease of "stuck." People feel their best when their focus and productivity are freely flowing. But when you're stuck, you're probably not feeling so great.
First frustration sets in and maybe even a bit of fear. No one wants to be in a place of listlessness and lagging energy. You're uninspired and it shows. And if you're an entrepreneur, you can't do that for long periods and expect your business to grow. How can you get out of this place?
Self-indulgence and pity parties are not suitable for your business. The good news is that there are always options to regain your motivation and passion. Here are 15 of my favourite techniques.
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Having great company culture is no longer just an option. Today’s employees consider it as much as they consider salary and benefits. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits.
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Could a mindset shift help your business power through 2021? Experts say yes, and here are six key ways of thinking to try.
Two-thirds of businesses experienced a COVID financial hit, according to ABS data. But it’s not all bad news, says Rob McLean, co-author of Bulletproof Problem Solving, whose blueprint on thinking shows small businesses how to profit from new ways of thinking.
Critical thinking is an effective tool for any profession or task. It forces you to analyze things objectively, filtering out your biases, and allowing you to see things from different perspectives, which can improve your creativity.
Whether you're trying to brainstorm a new idea, creatively solve an existing problem, or just analyze how and why something went wrong, critical thinking can lead you to better resolutions.
Pressure is not stress. But the former is converted to the latter when you add one ingredient: rumination, the tendency to keep rethinking past or future events, while attaching negative emotion to those thoughts.
THINKING. LEADERSHIP. INNOVATION. GROWTH.
This is our E4 Theory for 10x-ing your business!
Could a mindset shift help your business power through 2021? Experts say yes, and here are six key ways of thinking to try.
Two-thirds of businesses experienced a COVID financial hit, according to ABS data. But it’s not all bad news, says Rob McLean, co-author of Bulletproof Problem Solving, whose blueprint on thinking shows small businesses how to profit from new ways of thinking.