The power of flattery

I come bearing a gift.  “A bit late”, I hear you say. “Christmas was weeks ago.” Better late than never? It’s the finding from research carried out by University of California–Berkeley professor Jennifer Chatman into flattery.  She wanted...

A template for Saying No.

Ah, the joys of Blogging!  Not only does it help you to organise your own thinking, build a network of like minded people and allow you to enter a highly collaborative community:  it is also a two way street, and just as when you coach someone you learn more about the...

An NLP myth bites the dust.

Once again, a week in which one of those “Truths” that I have grown up with has been knocked off its perch.  I seem to be noticing this more often these days, which on the one hand is exciting, but one the other could be seen as troubling.  I conclude that it is...