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Jon Pratlett has more than 18 years experience as an effective management consultant, trainer, coach, facilitator and speaker.

Based in Sydney, Jon specializes in the apparent 'People Problems' that limit or curtail consistently high performance and well being of his client's, from the executive, through to front line leaders.

Apparent 'People Problems' because, more often than not, they have little to do with the people, the more likely culprits being ineffective leadership, impaired systems and structure. 

Resources

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    21 Strategies for Outstanding Results.pdf

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    A one pager of success tips that helped get me to the finish line in Hawaii, among other things.
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    Anti-Self-Help.pdf

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    Book Rap of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers AND Geoff Colvin’s Talent is Overrated. Success is not simply a function of talent. In fact, ‘natural’ talent may have very little to do with it at all. To be a world-class performer requires two specific factors: the community in which the individual lives and works; and, an individual’s effort over time. Passion and innate talent bring up the rear. Gladwell’s Outlier’s promotes the role of the social context as the decisive factor in top performance. Colvin’s Talent is Overrated promotes ‘deliberate practice’ as the path to greatness. Both concur.
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    Eye_Create.pdf

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    Book Rap of Gregory Berns; 'Iconoclast: A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently'. What makes true innovators so creative, so successful - and so rare? What makes them tick? And how can we learn to be a little more like them? In Iconoclast, Berns answers these timeless questions with surprising insights into the human brain. He suggests three roadblocks prevent us from being true innovators: our perception, overcoming our fears and our social intelligence.
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    Global_Glue.pdf

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    Book Rap of Iggy Pintado's 'Connection Generation: How connection determines our place in society and business'. Forget which generation you were born into! Digital Media has connected us all into a new one. We’re the Connection Generation. Connection Technology has made it easier to stay in touch anytime, anywhere, anywho.
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    Glopportunity.pdf

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    Book Rap of Geoff Colvin's 'The Upside of the Downside: Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermath'. The Global Financial Crisis is your Global once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity. Every downside has an up and the smart operators are getting ready right now. A shaken up business landscape presents a host of openings for you to profit from.
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    Hustle not Hassle.pdf

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    Practical 'How to's' to get people on board and engaged with change, rather than turning them off. Case study - Bondi Running & Triathlon Club.
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    Max ROI On Training 2 - Mental Reh.pdf

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    Accelerate your ability to change by using the power of reflection and imagery.
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    Max ROI on Training 1 - Taking Action.pdf

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    Strategies to ensure that learning and training pays off. It's not what you know, it's what you do with it that counts. All to often training is wasted for want of action and follow-up.
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    Mistake Mystique.pdf

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    One of the greatest inhibitors of innovation and creativity is our conditioned fear of making mistakes. We were born naked, helpless and curious, learning by trial and error. Then formal education gets its hands on us and trial and error gets punished - and the consequences ....
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    iPresent - Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs.pdf

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    Book Rap of Carmine Gallo's book; The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is a charismatic, influential, zippy presenter. He’s a natural model to learn from: The art of presenting your big idea from the stage. With video links to YouTube , this issue is a skillful keynote training program.