Why is being kind so hard for some people?
Well that is likely to depend on what is important to you! What we focus on increases, so if your focus is on results and achievement, that’s where your efforts…
Coaching Cards
Now going for the eleventh reprint our coaching cards are being purchased by coaches, managers, social workers, doctors, Organisations for their managers etc. as a means of management development, leadership…
Find you inner hedgehog
The three circles of the Hedgehog Concept is a management tool to help people and organisations morph from ‘good’ to ‘great’. So what is your organisation really good at that…
Managing the Dream
It all starts with a dream. For those of us that own and run a business, the dream is our vision, our belief. It is the reason we entered the…
How is our mental health
I start this blog with a question. How is your mental health, that of your friends and family and the people you employ? A staggering 1 in 4 people in…
Potentially Misunderstanding the Power of Courtesy
This morning, being a leisurely Sunday morning, a BBC News online article caught my attention; ‘A Point of View: The Underrated Power of Courtesy’. I appreciated the author’s intelligent questioning…
What’s in an Appraisal
We all like to know how we are doing and its human nature to want to belong.So why do so many managers and staff, feel demotivated and quite frankly unmotivated…
The Art Of Engagement
I wonder how many times you have wondered what those who work for you do in their free time.What is amazing is the number and varied activities people are involved…
Beliefs Underpin Behaviours
Behaviours are visible, the actions we take in support of the things that we believe.Beliefs have a powerful and direct influence in all that we do, let me give you…
The Power of Reflection
Doesn’t time fly! How often do you hear yourself saying that? How often do you find yourself squeezing a pint into a half pint glass?Increasingly we are trying to do…