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Control and perspective are two of the vital ingredients to personal effectiveness. Think about the points over the last year when you have been the least effective or the...
We live in challenging times. Austerity, cuts, recession. You might not like it or want to admit it but the evidence is all around us and to hide your head in the sand would be...
Don't you ever feel that life is too busy. Sometimes when you look at your commitments and priorities you feel like if you were to take on board anything else, you...
This article takes a look at how you can improve your effectiveness as a leader by understanding how you are seen by those you are there to lead. It's aim is to get you...
There are dozens of ways of working creatively with groups to get people thinking, solving problems and generating ideas. Brainstorming has to be one of the most...
Dramatic funding cuts make it urgent for charities and community groups to embrace technology. Good use of technology offers your organisation new routes into funding and lets...
In today’s Britain, innovation and initiative are often held hostage by rule-keeping and a fear of failure. The inventive pioneer spirit that drove the great British...
The communication traffic around you and your business is hectic! It’s like a busy day at Heathrow Airport. Your message is fighting for attention in...
In times of recession, cut backs and austerity often one of the first casualties in business is all too often the time and money spent on training and development. This short...
These days there appears to be more and more pressure on us to get more done in less time. It's important to develop a range of skills and techniques to help you...
Social Enterprise is become something of a modern day phenomenon. As the zeitgeist has changed over the last twenty years or so, the idea of a business which works on the...
There are times in business when you have to come back to making the main thing the main thing. This means coming back to a high level view, to the vision and the...
Email has massively increased the flow of information across the world over the past 20 years or so. This article takes a look at how you can prevent email from absorbing...
Most would agree with the sentiment that Business is all about people at the end of the day. Any good business is about exceptional people with exceptional skills,...
It's amazing what you can learn from everyday things. We don't have to be wrapped up in our world of work 24/7 in order to learn about how to go to the next...
Part of the inherent nature of the entrepreneur is our seemingly inate ability to solve problems. In fact it's more than a mere skill. It's more of a...
We all know that fear can have devastating effects on your business. The more you fear your commercial environment, the outcome of your decisions and the future, the...
Have you ever been forgotten? I am so absent minded at times. On one occasion I shamefully admit that I left my son at church one evening and went home without...
Today's business world is less trusting than one could argue it was than say 20 or 30 years ago. Marketing spin, fancy wording and so on are often treated with...
If you are anything like me, you draw your inspiration from a multitude of different people, both past and present. Over the years I have been inspired by many people,...