Focus
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How to get on top of your stupidly long list
Learn a handy 7-step system to beating overwhelm and focus your time and energy - free video and workbook.
Archive
Everything I've written, newest first.
566 essays
Events
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Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Online, November 2023
Alicia McKay speaks to federal government about how to work more effectively with local Councils in Australia
Strategy
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What strategic planning is about (and not about)
Strategic planning is not about predicting the future. It's about getting clear on medium-term decision criteria, so we make good choices when they arise.
Strategy
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Strategy 101: what strategy really is
Strategy is how we choose to achieve our goals. It is made of three bits: why, how, and what.
Podcasts
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The Polly Podcast Network
Alicia McKay is in the studio with Polly Gillespie talking about why work is such bullish*t
Change
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Nurture a network of freaks
The company you keep will change who you are as a person. Choose carefully.
Events
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Inspire Speaker Series, Hamilton, November 2023,
Alicia McKay was the guest speaker at the Inspire series in Hamilton
Identity
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You deserve this. Bye.
What to do when other people are negative or jealous about your achievements.
Balancing micro delight and macro despair
How I try to keep my WTF IS THIS SH*T impulse from ruining public events
Identity
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Two unusual questions to help you understand yourself (and your work)
You probably know what you want to do. You might to ask need some different questions. Here's two.
A Friday stream of consciousness
Finally my pile has eased - here's what I REALLY want to write about. What grabs you?
Work
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Pay yourself first: a no-bullshit sequencing guide to your days and life
You're a living, breathing miracle. Your happiness, peace and enjoyment has intrinsic value. You weren't put here to work, and you don't have to suffer to earn joy.
How to use value-based pricing in your consulting business
Value based pricing should be the goal of any consultant. Here's how you can calculate your value, even when your services aren't a direct profit driver.
How consultants create a clear service offer
Successful consultants have a clear service offer. The five components of a consulting offer are: client, results, service, approach and pricing.
Events
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Futurespace: Association of Consulting Engineers NZ Annual Conference Wellington, September 2023
Alicia McKay is the MC and keynote speaker at the ACENZ conference in Wellington plus the awards host for the ACE awards
People eat takeaways because they're tired, not because they're lazy.
How late-stage capitalism and modern family structures keeps Dominos in business
Change
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Hope is a terrible recipe for change
Ignore history at your peril. If you hope for the best, plan for the best, but change nothing about yourself or your approach, you'll fail.
Identity
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'AHA'! meet: the Ambitious High Achiever
Some people are wired for ambition and achievement. If that's you, you will probably suffer, until you change your internal dialogue.
