Pink Night Out at the Olde Creamery

  Recently the Te Awamutu and Cambridge chapters of BNI held a charity event at the Olde Creamery Café in Ohaupo to raise funds for Breast Cancer and Hospice. The theme was ‘pink’ and that it was! Attended by approximately 130 women the event raised over $2500 which was shared between the two charities. Lily’s [...]

Team Dynamics

  As I continue my enquiry into leadership I was interested to read the article in today’s Business Herald about the benefits of team building and in particular of the Outwards Bounds programme.  I am a firm believer that successful leadership requires a team approach.  Last year we received a visit from BNI CEO – [...]

The Attitude of Gratitude

Thanksgiving.  It is the beginning of the Holiday Season, it is the time of year that we look back over the year and appreciate all that we have done and those who have helped us along the way. We are thankful for our family, our friends, and our health.  This is the time of year [...]

Tribes – Seth Godin’s views on Leadership

As part of my enquiry into leadership – I have been reading ‘Tribes’ by Seth Godin.  Some of you may recall that I mentioned this book on the blog back in July this year.  As an original thinker, you may not be surprised to hear that Seth has some interesting observations around leadership:
“Most of us,” [...]

BNI Trade Categories

For those countries that are using the BNIWeb website – the following workshop offers an explanation as to how this part of the website works and demonstrates how members can use the website to maximise their companys’ exposure.
 
How does the Trade Category work? 
When a member joins BNI they are given a Trade Category which best describes what [...]