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Top tips for successful appraisals Listen here First of all, one reminder…An appraisal should simply be a summary of your previous 12 months “month end discussions”. Successful Leaders coach all of the time…sometimes more formally in 121s, on other occasions during...

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the most talented of them all? Listen here With the world cup now in full swing and as we watch the most talented of footballers on the world stage, our thoughts turn to who will win the coveted Jules Rimet trophy. Let’s return to the...

Celebrating Failure…is that possible? Listen here Yes, that is right…glorious failure! With the biggest sporting tournament in the world now on us, that well cliched line “glorious failure” may well reappear. On occasions, England’s players have had the accolade,...

Stay positive in challenging times…be kind to yourself! Listen here In the current economic climate, it’s easy to listen to the doomsters, and there will certainly be some with the current downturn in events that affect us all. Similarly, virtually everyone at some...

Don’t neglect your L&D Budgets even when times are challenging! Listen here Many organisations, no different to households, will be looking at ways to make budget cuts during the current challenging times…but is your L&D budget the right place to cut back?...

Controlling the Controllable Listen here Interestingly, 90% of the things that we worry about, never actually materialise…and yet we waste valuable time and energy in painful doubt and worry. Assuming that we have a good team around us, and with robust procedures, in...

Overcoming setbacks Its how fast you bounce back- Listen here None of us are immune from setbacks, in fact they say that its how you bounce back that is an indicator of your resilience. Without taking knocks on the journey, how would we learn about coping strategies,...

Positive Self Evaluation! Listen here Within many of the roles that we carry out in our work, there will invariably be Line Managers and others in similar roles with whom we interact that will either give us feedback from time to time, or even a full evaluation when...

Commercial Outcomes Focused Listen here Let’s first think of the definition…Commercial outcomes focused is simply recognising and making decisions based on how our thinking and actions influence both our own business and the impact on the external marketplace....