Big Hairy Audacious Goal. BHAG. Even saying it out loud can be slightly scary. This is a good thing though.  It is that hitch in your breathing, in your thinking that makes it big.  And I do say go big or go home! For years I wasn’t much of a goal setter.  I had been […]

Firstly, what is the concept of personal branding? Personal branding is defined as the process whereby people and their careers are marked as brands. And while previous self management techniques were about self-improvement, the personal branding concept suggests instead that success comes from self-packaging. I am not sure I agree entirely with that definition. I […]

The chance to sit down with the inaugural Buildcorp NRC winning coach Nick Stiles was a great opportunity to see the NRC from the inside, and also to pick the brain a great forwards’ strategist with his eye on the future. Stiles has been signed by the Queensland Reds for three years as Senior Assistant Coach, which […]

This is a tale of two halves. A scrum half and a fly half. It might also be called The Pickle of Pickle. Suiting up almost every week in the role of fly half for the Reds is a scrum half – Nick Frisby. And we wonder why we aren’t having the impact we should, […]