Our second guest for this month is Jane Jackson – Career Management Coach, Professional Speaker, Author of #1 Amazon Best Seller, “Navigating Career Crossroads” and Host of Your Career Podcast. Jane grew up in Hong
If you’re reading this blog, the chances are that lockdown has changed your life dramatically over the last few weeks. If you’re single, you might be grieving the loss of social contact and wondering how
I know a lot about lockdowns… I spent nearly four years of my life living that way. The three emotions I associate most strongly with that time are boredom, excitement and fear. From 2006 until
It’s here. The global pandemic has arrived and my inbox is filled with updates about new health measures, cancelled events, and people working from home. COVID-19 has us panicked. Many people are frightened of catching
I’ve spent a lot of time this week checking in on my clients and colleagues – hours spent in Zoom and on phone calls. Pretty much all anyone can talk about is COVID-19 and what
One of the challenges that I see companies face frequently as they start selling overseas is international pricing. As you begin pitching your product overseas, lots of people will want to know your price, so
The Asia-Pacific region has become the economic growth engine for the world, presenting massive potential for foreign businesses. As a group, Asian economies now represent as much as 40% of global GDP.
This presents an exciting opportunity for Australian businesses. But before you rush to expand your company into Asian markets, it’s important to step back and the nuances and challenges of the Asian region, so that you can get your strategy right.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the US-China trade war. Over the past year, the world’s two largest economies have imposed tariffs on billions of dollars worth of one another’s
If you run a successful business in your home country, you might assume that there’s not much point considering scaling internationally. Why expose yourself to all that extra work and unnecessary risk?
Business owners and entrepreneurs: Do you feel stressed when you look at your to-do list? Is it so jammed with urgent tasks you need to do NOW that you can hardly work out where to
When I was a kid, I thought Dr Who was the coolest thing ever. Remember Tom Baker, zooming around the universe in his Tardis, fighting evil, getting s*** done and always coming out on top?
It’s January, the month where people get momentarily excited about the year ahead. With the promise of a fresh start, most of us make new year’s resolutions: “I’m going to lose weight, exercise more, drink
If you’re in the field of international business, you’ve heard it a thousand times: “Commercial intelligence is vital to the success of an international business venture”. If you’ve been around the traps for long enough,
When you’re expanding a business to a new country, how you take the business into that new international market can make or break the venture. This might sound like a bold claim, but I really
With Australia’s mining boom well and truly over and infrastructure spending at a low ebb in most Australian states, Australian engineering firms looking to the future are right to wonder where new work will come
As international retailers like H&M, Zara and Topshop continue to open up throughout Australia, there has been a lot of talk about the death of local fashion labels. But is it really true? The domestic
More than a decade ago, I made an international business mistake, which cost me dearly. I want to tell you about it. I was initially so embarrassed that I couldn’t talk about how I’d stuffed
My team and I run the International Business Accelerator, a structured end-to-end teaching and coaching program to help micro-to-medium sized companies build and implement winning strategies for launching their business internationally. This March, we’re excited
There has been a lot of talk about Australia becoming the “food bowl” of Asia over the last few years and the trade statistics indicate that Australia’s trade with the rest of the world in
This week at the International Business Accelerator, we talked about international marketing and why so many companies get it wrong. Here are four of the mistakes that I see people making all time when it