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Have you forgotten how to read, just like the rest of us?

Have you forgotten how to read, just like the rest of us?

Communication, Life Skills

Oh no! I have woken up to a startling and somewhat terrifying realisation. I think I have forgotten how to read. Not totally, of course, but as a result of reading this fantastic article by Michael Harris, I, like him, recognise that I have slipped without noticing...
Inspirational Leadership:  what’s the story?

Inspirational Leadership: what’s the story?

Communication, Leadership Skills Training

Great leaders tell great stories. Stories engage people, are easy to pass on, are easy to remember,  and – crucially – they appeal to the part of the brain where we make our decisions.  If you want something to get done, appeal to an emotion of some sort....
Ping!  Another email to read?  Think again!

Ping! Another email to read? Think again!

Communication, Time Management

I meet enough frazzled business people to know that email and unproductive meetings are the two biggest time wasters in the workplace.  Of the two, email is easily the most damaging, because it is the source of so much stress.  Irrelevant, poorly run meetings are at...
Why you can’t beat personal experience.  No matter how bad it was.

Why you can’t beat personal experience. No matter how bad it was.

Coaching Skills, Communication, Life Skills

Last week I had one of those moments which make my job as a business coach and leadership skills trainer so completely satisfying.  There are plenty of them anyway, but this one was like a beam of light shining through a cloudy sky.  It really knocked me out. I was...

How to use Myers Briggs to help you influence people

Communication, Personality types

Last year I took part in some research carried out by CPP into the way Myers Briggs preferences impact the way we influence and are influenced.  I’ve blogged before about various aspects of Myers Briggs, but until now never had anything concrete to offer on...
"One of the finest and most uplifting speeches of all time."  How Chaplin still speaks to us.

"One of the finest and most uplifting speeches of all time." How Chaplin still speaks to us.

Communication, Leadership Skills Training

75 years ago, with America on the brink of joining in the Second World War, Charlie Chaplin made his film “The Great Dictator.”  It is a satirical political comedy-drama designed to confront Hitler, Mussolini, fascism, anti-semitism and the Nazis.  It was...
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