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Why more and more women choose self-employment

This week’s Blog is written by Vicki Marinker, whom I have known for several years since running a training programme at the recruitment firm where she was working. Vicki is a partner in Comms Leaders, specialists in corporate communications recruitment. She...

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...

Can’t write, can’t spell, can’t count. (My gadget does it for me.)

Communication, Life Skills

Last week I learnt that yet another nail has been banged into the coffin of human society as we currently know it. The thin end of a very big wedge has just been inserted into the way we communicate. Old farts such as myself fear this one will bring us a step closer...

Why were you born? And what if you haven't worked that out yet?

Leadership Skills Training, Life Skills

“The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Thank you Mark Twain, that has to be the best quote I have heard this year. Looking back at my professional life, I can see that I spent much of it drifting,...

How to be more successful. Stop trying so hard.

Creativity and Innovation, Life Skills

When I was a shiny faced graduate trainee learning the craft of management skills in the Distribution division (what they now call Logistics, I believe) of a large brewery, they decided that I needed to get my HGV Class 1 driving licence. Apparently if you are going...

What are the Top 5 mistakes a salesperson can make?

Business Skills Training, Life Skills, Management Skills

I’m planning to make a film about Selling. Not, you’ll be relieved to know, about how TO sell, but the opposite – how NOT to. Can you imagine how much criticism I’d come in for if I tried to make a film showing the perfect salesman? Mind you, that thought doesn’t...

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Why more and more women choose self-employment

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

Can’t write, can’t spell, can’t count. (My gadget does it for me.)

Why were you born? And what if you haven't worked that out yet?

How to be more successful. Stop trying so hard.

What are the Top 5 mistakes a salesperson can make?

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