WEEKLY FOCUS You are the brand! No matter what you do, you represent the business! I recently delivered a workshop at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Manchester Airport. A four-day delivery for a Global Client. One night, feeling tired, I called for room service for something...

Are you what we are looking for? Solution Focused is a growing B2B Learning & Development Consultancy based in Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, that is looking for career driven hungry individuals to take us to the next level. This is an ideal opportunity for...

Weekly Focus John Bullock shares his thoughts on how finding your POMO - and shows how the Position of Most Opportunity can enable you to achieve your goals. I was watching Match of the Day 2 and during the analysis of one of the games, the presenters started to talk...

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 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. For...

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 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 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 have...

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 won't show are the values...

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 norm. You...