The importance of creating your own personal brand Listen here For many people, a “brand” is a make of product or the image of a company and few consider how the term also reflects on themselves. In an ever-competitive talent pool, the ability to stand out from the...

Building Commercial Awareness Listen here Let’s first think of the definition…”Commercial Awareness” is having the knowledge of how businesses make money, what their customers want, and what problems there are in particular areas of any business, and that could...

The importance of coaching…and at all levels! Listen here Let’s first of all consider what coaching really is, and how a coach operates. A Coach aims to unlock a person’s potential with the aim to get the best from their performance. The key is that it helps them to...

Half Year…time to reflect and plan Don’t let time slip by! Listen here   Goal setting is something that is often discussed and in particular at the start of the year. New Year…new goals and new ambitions! Yet here we are just past the midpoint of the year and the...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs…and a very personal application Listen here Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs is one of the best-known theories of motivation. Maslow's theory states that our actions are motivated by certain physiological and psychological needs that...

“Train the Trainer”…what and why! Listen here We have a training team…what is the problem! Picture the situation…a huge new computer system is being rolled out, and there are only a couple of people within the organization that fully understand how to use the...

Doing the remarkable and how a team makes the difference Listen here This week’s focus is a very personal one to me…while the “weekly focus” is always designed to stimulate thought and discussion, sometimes things happen that really epitomise the meaning of personal...

Encouraging Engagement Through Good Leadership Listen here To demonstrate the importance of this, consider the following…A survey conducted by Harvard Business School from 50,000 leaders learned “the ability to inspire creates the highest levels of employee engagement...

Networking…what’s it all about? Listen here If we look at the dictionary definition, we see…” The action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts.” Let me give you two personal examples. The first was a...

Creating an impact And a lasting impression! Listen here Why is it that some people have that “X” factor while others less so…And what is the “X” factor, similarly can it be learned? If we consider that first impressions are vital in business, and that its people that...