Your greatest fail?
From the presentation that bombed, or the intricately planned project that wouldn't deliver, to the client you just could not win over or...
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Listening: How to
Remember: Set your intention to be a good listener - your focus is on the speaker nothing else Listen to the words they say, not your...
Bad Manager Identification Chart
The link to the full article on Inc. com is here and while I don't agree with everything it says it is worth the click and read... Does...
A willingness to experiment?
I recently was at an exhibition of Cezanne's paintings in London and in the collection were several depictions of Montagne...
More slides, less talk?
In the past couple of years my role allowed me to run almost 500 workshops to just over 8000 people. They have been a combination of...
#thoughtfortheweek
This #bluemonday instead of falling foul of the blah's. Go to a flower shop and smell the roses, star lilies or hyacinths. Get out there...
There's opportunity in disruption
The irrigation canal replaced the bucket (the bucket replaced our hands) The light bulb replaced the oil lamp, the oil lamp replaced the...
Ten ways not to do a performance review
It is that time of year again... Here are some thought provoking ideas for you! Dial in or show up a few minutes late Apologize with a...
Keeping Score
What are the metrics you use to measure progress, results, happiness? When I began to write my blog (at time of writing this about 300...
The year of listening, not hearing
My intention for 2023 is to make this my year of listening. In a 52 part series I attempt to explore the different intentions, as well as...
23 (Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to')
Another trip around the sun begins How much can you achieve in 60 focused minutes? Assuming you sleep 8 hours a day there are almost 6,000...
Tar Barrels
Allendale in South West Northumberland has traditionally brought in the new year with the fiery Tar Bar'l festival for the past 160 years...
Setting an Intention versus setting goals
Inspired by the dynamic duo of Michael Bungay Stanier and Jason Fox, I set my intention for 2022 around the end of December 2021. Oh I...
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For those in the Northern hemisphere... (Southies I'll repost in June)
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