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The following newsletter was written about Kane Consulting's Director, Yvonne Kane, by Naomi Smith from Shine Human Capital and went in the latest edition of their E-Newsletter "Shiny People".

Welcome to Shiny People

Welcome to Shiny People - the E-Newsletter of Shine Human Capital Development, your Workplace Employee Development Trainers.

Successful businesses recognise that happy, confident and motivated people are essential to their company's productivity and profitability. At Shine, we are dedicated to assisting organisations to optimise their human resources and boost their people power, by providing high quality training.

We know times are challenging so why not be inspired by the best? Each week we will profile an individual who is noteworthy for their positive attitude and personal achievements. We will learn more of their philosophies and perhaps their secrets in overcomng challenges. These people are exceptional in their attitude - "bright and highly polished" and are truly SHINY PEOPLE.

At SHINE, we understand that modeling others is one of the best ways to instil new beliefs and behaviours - and SHINY PEOPLE's purpose is to provide an insight into the thoughts, beliefs and behaviours of successful people who are role models in our community.

This week, our inspiring profile is of Yvonne Kane, Managing Director of Kane Consulting.

Kane Consulting specialise in corporate recruitment and talent management services for medium sized organisations within Brisbane and SE Qld. With a focus on building strong business relationships, Yvonne has established Kane Consulting using a business model that matched her beliefs and values in providing high quality services and working with business partners to save on thier bottom line. She has over ten years of extensive experience in senior management roles both in Scotland, UK and Australia. Yvonne is happily married, and has a beautiful baby girl Charlotte.

How do you define personal success?
Happiness - some people think that finding happiness is easy but it isn't - it is actually a skill within itself. Having a fantastic work life balance - family time should come first. I used to think being successful in my career would always be top of my list until I had my daughter Charlotte, now my success will be measured also by how successful she is.

What do you see as the biggest employee related challenge facing businesses?
Managing stress levels of staff and dealing with employee's personal issues. Also understanding that corporate culture starts at the top and if this is instilled incorrectly, it filters downwards and creates a really bad work environment that can be hard to repair. The right type of culture takes work and focus to continue to provide an environment where employees can perform at peak levels.

If you were asked to hire your successor, what qualities would you look for?
I would actually hire a combination of myself and my husband as I think that we make a perfect combination as a team, someone who is creative with lots of drive, great sense of humour (goes a long way in business), is particularly good at managing staff and bonding with clients, and someone who has worked out the art of lifestyle balance.

If you could instill one new personal belief into your entire workforce, what would it be?
Stay positive in an economic downturn.

Before an important business meeting, what mental preparation would you do to ensure a successful outcome?
I blank out all negative thoughts from my mind, even if I am having a bad day. I charge myself up and make sure that I have thoroughly researched the company so that I am absolutely prepared. I understand my terms of business fully and am ready to negotiate in a sales pitch.
Remember - you only get one chance to sit in front of a new client - make sure you kill it!

During changing economic times, what is the biggest challenge leaders have?
Managing stress levels and redeployment - making staff redundant and ensuring that this is done properly. Managing individual department budgets, profit & loss to maintain efficiency.

If you had to name one thing that has contributed to your success, what would it be?
Believing in myself and remaining positive - using all of the traits that I got from my grandfather - he is the best networker that I have ever been exposed to.

How do you maintain balance in your busy life?
Prioritise - you have to do this, or you will leave the important things to last and then find yourself in trouble. I try my best to accomplish the most I can in each day, with balancing my daughter and my business and having quality time to spend with my husband and friends. I have a fantastic husband who helps me to feel successful every day.