What the hell is Equine Facilitated Learning?
My guess is that you haven’t heard of a different approach to personal and professional development: Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL). So let’s change that!
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Strategy & personal development
Five bad habits you must avoid if you want a thriving business
Have you ever wondered why some businesses continually flourish whereas others become stagnant? It often comes down to the person in the driving seat. The driving force of the business.
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What can you do about your “old age” aches and pains?
As long as you have the drive and determination you are never too old to do anything you set your mind to, whether that is to get fitter and healthier, learn a new skill, read more, or travel.
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Nature’s problem solvers should be on your hire list
Recently, training in diversity, inclusion and equality issues has gained a lot of attention, with organisations realising just how important it is to have an inclusive workforce.
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Do you ever feel like you don’t belong?
n’t belong? Like you don’t really deserve to be where you are? Maybe you feel like people overestimate your abilities or as though you only got where you are due to chance and you could be exposed at any moment?
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How important is the trust factor to business success?
We know trust is important. However, how much difference does it make? This question has led me to look in depth at how important trust is to business success.
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Streaking to success!
As you develop new habits, break old ones and achieve great things, remember this: small achievable actions lead to big change.
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The challenge of a first-time manager
So what sort of manager do you want to be? Take some time to think back to all the managers you have had over your career. How did they make you feel and how did that impact your engagement with the role and your performance? What behaviours did you respect and admire and what rankled and why?
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The journey to being a strong leader
Does great leadership mean being kind, having empathy, being consistent, persistent, deliberate, natural, upbeat, driven and focused? Yes, it’s all of those things and more…
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What makes a good manager?
We probably all remember that one person, who looking back was a great manager. If we wrote down a list of the behaviours and attributes that stood out for us, it would probably be quite random and might not even make much sense.
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Are values important in business?
Values are the things that are most important to us, they are our permissions, and they help us monitor or gauge how we feel about we’ve done. You may recognise values as the things we spend our time and energy on.
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Do coaches need supervision?
Coaches are there to help you as a business leader to clarify your goals and encourage and challenge you to achieve those goals. So why would a coach need supervision?
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You have the power, be brave and say “No”!
I’d just like to stress the importance of having the right mindset so you feel confident in saying no. What you want to be left with at the end is the other person respecting your decision.
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How do I put together an exit strategy for my business?
Most business owners are passionate about their businesses and love being involved in growing and developing their companies. At some point though you will need/want to exit your business, so you will need an exit strategy.
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Living on the frontier
I’ve been running small businesses now for over 20 years – both my own and other people’s. If you’ve never run a small business, then please don’t try and tell people who do, how to do it.
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Leadership in a chaotic, complex and changing world
Today’s business leaders are facing an unprecedented level and pace of change, with many of the challenges encountered being quite different in their systemic nature from those in the past.
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Taking the fear out of conflict
We all have different opinions, tastes, experiences and circumstances, and these all affect how we see the world and therefore the decisions and choices we make.
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The impact of a pandemic to learning
The Coronavirus crisis had led to many employers being understandably concerned about the welfare of their staff and the cessation of many face-to-face interactions such as meetings and training.
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Mind your language!
If somebody else spoke to you the way you speak to yourself – how would you feel about that person? If you wouldn’t like someone else speaking to you that way, why do you speak to yourself that way?
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Business benefits of employee training
There are ways to reduce the costs of training, but actually, although most business owners do have a general sense that training is a good thing.
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