Redundancy – what next?
When people get news of an impending redundancy, they can rush into action but may miss opportunities by not thinking deeply or broadly enough.
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Strategy & personal development
Discovering your potential
One of most useful tools for discovering your potential and building confidence is coaching. Until I experienced the benefits of being coached at first hand, I hadn’t realised what a powerful tool it could be.
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A journey through equality, diversity and inclusion
In real terms, the key concepts of equality, diversity and inclusion are about promoting and respecting every individual’s right to be different.
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What’s the difference between a mentor, coach and advisor?
Mentor. Coach. Advisor. We often hear these three words and job titles in the business world. However, what do they actually do and why is it important to know the difference between them?
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Is having a vision or mission important for a small business?
Hands up if you have a vision or mission for your business? I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t. I didn’t either when I put myself forward for this article. Sshhhh! Don’t tell!
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Emotional resilience: are you an oak or a willow?
For some of us, the art of resilience is about building strength to bear the strain, for others its about growing new shoots to start again, and for many of us it’s just looking for someone or something to lean against until you can stand on your own again.
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What is a trusted service leader?
Leaders lead people, rather than processes – the vision of that strong and unwavering leader who has all the answers is a thing of the past. In fact, many incredibly successful leaders are blatant service leaders – but what is service leadership?
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Creating space for your team to thrive
How do you create that “space” for a team? It doesn’t matter if your a team of 2 or 102 the basics are the same. I have made a list and then gone into more detail below because once you know what to do you can keep this handy list nearby to remind you of the commitment you have made to the team.
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Realistic optimism
Are you a glass is half empty or a glass half full type of person? The answer to this question is to help you understand whether we are generally optimistic in our outlook or more pessimistic. Which would you say you are?
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Are you sitting comfortably?
According to James Levine, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, “Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV, and is more treacherous than parachuting. We are sitting ourselves to death,” he also said that “The chair is out to kill us.”
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The 7 steps to Frontier Leadership
Today we are at a frontier that is challenging our received wisdoms about how to work, where to work and what to work on. The Coronavirus pandemic is a genuine, never before experienced event, that is disrupting everything. All leaders are in uncharted territory.
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Are you listening to me? Probably not!
We all spend lots of time listening to people. At least, we think we do. But I know my mind can drift to other things even when I want to concentrate on what someone’s saying. It’s difficult in our fast paced world full of distractions, to be truly attentive.
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The science of happiness
Happiness – the word conjures up many images and different scenarios for each of us. When you hear the word happiness what are the first three words/images that you conjure up?
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I never have enough time to get things done!
Does it feel as though there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done? It doesn’t matter whether you’re a business owner, senior manager or office junior, we can all experience times when we feel as though we’re drowning in work.
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Mental health – time to update our thinking?
If we want to live in a society that’s healthy and thriving, we need to make sure we’ve got our thinking right when it comes to our mental health and wellbeing, otherwise our therapeutic interventions will be based on flawed thinking.
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Taking a considered leap of faith: thinking of becoming self-employed?
Have you ever felt that you’re in a role where you don’t belong? Or that you’re in a position now to craft your own role where you can follow your passions and control your decisions?
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Pivot – the new buzz word!
For growth, we need our ‘pivot foot’, our current customer base, to help us grow.
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Don’t give up, stay focused and achieve your vision
Successful business leaders are always guided by a vision of their. As a leader you must build a vision that blends your passion, beliefs and values. This will keep you on course, focused and motivates your team.
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The what and how of delegation
As an owner of a growing business, one of the greatest challenges can be delegating. Afterall you started the business, you know how best to do things and you want everyone to do the things the way you do, right?
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Did you know that the secret to success is all in your mind?
Most of us dream about being successful and achieving our goals, whether that’s on a business or personal level. It might be, for example, that you’ve set your sights on running a thriving business, driving a prestige car, owning a lovely home, or something more physical like climbing to base camp at Mount Everest
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