Weekly Focus 3rd October 2017

WEEKLY FOCUS What is a “Great place to work”? Are we talking salary and OTE, Pension scheme and other perks…Or where people love coming to work? It’s very easy for employers to claim to offer a “Great place to work”, but what does that really mean? Are we talking...

Weekly Focus 26th September

Weekly Focus Learning “New Skills” should be fun…But is it always!? Often within the workplace, we are asked to take on new learnings – new skills with the ever-changing world that we live in. Sometimes, we may want to learn new skills to enhance our own lives....

Weekly Focus 19th September

WEEKLY FOCUS Aggressive…Assertive…Passive Is there a best choice!? I often use the word “assertive” within workshops when talking about behaviours and sometimes the response received varies. Naturally few would consider the word “aggressive” to be a trait that should...

Weekly Focus 12th September 2017

Weekly Focus How we use all our features when we communicate! Communication is far more than the spoken word, we forget that the words that we choose are just a small part of our communication and it is the use of all our features that really tells a story....

Weekly Focus 5th September 2017

WEEKLY FOCUS You meet all types of people in the workplace, but who should you look out for? It’s only natural, just as with people that we know in our social lives, a range of personality types will be present within the workplace. The problem becomes when they...

Weekly Focus 29th August 2017

Weekly Focus Values….performance and the benefits – Why a values driven culture must be part of a Performance Culture. You go to work, carry out your role, take a salary and that’s it? Not quite! While you will have a Role Profile…what it...

Weekly Focus 22nd August 2017

WEEKLY FOCUS First Line Management…Getting the basics right! In this week’s Focus, we feature on Internal Promotions as opposed to external applications for a First Line Management role. For most organisations and where talent is developed, this will be the...

Weekly Focus 15th August

WEEKLY FOCUS Delegation…Over to you! Delegation is about giving away parts of your own job to someone else, there is a process involved and guidelines – there will also be an agreed expectation of what needs to be done. Unlike empowerment, with delegation,...

Weekly Focus 8th August

WEEKLY FOCUS The holiday season is here…What is there to worry about? Holidays are the chance to get away…to escape reality and have some downtime -to relax with family and loved ones or maybe exploring on your own! For many both the build up to their holiday and the...

Weekly Focus 1st August

WEEKLY FOCUS Goal Setting   We often talk about motivation…Someone feeling motivated…Someone lacking motivation, yet few people question what motivation really is, or even how to become motivated! To be motivated or to have motivation, means that you have...