Holiday Blues It need not be that way! Listen here Downtime…A time to relax and enjoy precious time with friends and loved ones…Lazy lie ins, holidays…Whatever you wish! The reality is that the return to work is inevitable! Its also how we earn our living and pay for...

Learning from failure… To make you stronger, wiser, and more resilient! Listen here Learning from failure helps to develop you as a person! Failures don’t define you, and in order to succeed, we all need to fail at some point. One American CEO always asked in job...

Do Leaders need natural churn? Or do they have to evolve themselves? Listen here Reading the sports pages of the papers on a regular basis, you constantly read of all the managerial casualties in the world of football. Any appointment has an element of risk…It happens...

Coping with adversity… Something that we will all face at some point! Listen here What do individuals need to do to better to cope and then manage adversity? We will all be faced with this situation at some point! It’s important to have a plan…and one that you can...

“Continued Engagement” and keeping your people fresh! Listen here I am going to start with a slight contradiction! While low staff turnover is to be both admired and also to be a target, a small degree of turnover can be good for the business! It keeps people fresh,...

Your Leadership Brand in the Hospitality Sector Listen here Saying the words aloud may seem a touch commercial…a person being a brand? The term brand refers to a business and marketing concept that helps people identify a particular company, product, or...

Choose to be a player… It brings new life to all! In all areas of life, it’s important that people make a real contribution in all that they do. Consider the workplace. When I was in business, I once asked one of my Direct Reports, how many of their team they would...

Peak Performance And recognising when we need to recharge the Batteries! The old saying “rest is for wimp’s” has previously been said by many people…Almost part of a macho society.  And yet for us all to perform at our best, rest is a vitally important factor. On a...

Building Resilience It’s what makes us stronger! Listen here Personal resilience refers to the ability of an individual to sustain high performance and positive wellbeing in the face of adversity, and to recover from misfortune or adapt to circumstances.  The question...

Your Personal Mid-Year Audit. It’s a New Year, and you excitedly set your New Year Goals, and plans…wait for it…only 8% manage to hit them at the year end. The usual reason is the lack of a goal plan and evaluation system. Welcome to the personal mid-year review. This...