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....

Are your team “Brand Ambassadors”? If not…Why not! Listen here A dictionary definition is “A person, especially a celebrity, who is paid to endorse or promote a particular company's products or services”. Surely, that can’t be it? The CEO of any business must surely...

Can dreams come true…or is it just following the process? Listen here This is a very personal story to me, yet the message rings true in much of what we do in life…and as the title ask’s “can dreams come true”! Well yes, they can…because a dream is simply something...

The key Influencing skills...do you have them? Welcome to Cialdini’s six weapons of influence. Listen here If you are ever discussing or debating “influence and persuasion”, one of the go too books is “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion” written by Dr. Robert...

Change can be good…but it can also be unsettling! Listen to this via our Podcast here As the world comes to terms with the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second, within days, the now King Charles the Third accedes to the throne. Barely anytime for a nation to come to...

What will the “future leader” need? Listen here Leadership skills…that often-discussed phrase! Many of the skills that we often discuss for our Leaders of today, will remain for our future Leaders, and why not! They are close to the core! However, the world now...