If a candidate is talking as though they were still working for their old employer then they are unlikely to be offered a job. If they show any bitterness towards their previous employer, then they are effectively unemployable until we change this mindset.
Read MoreRecognising Grief
When an individual is stressed or is forced to deal with change, they often react much as they might to bereavement. The scale of emotion might be different, but the stages an individual goes through in processing difficult situations are often remarkably similar. The Kubler Ross Model describes the fives stages of grief in bereavement, but it is a good place to start when considering how staff are coping.
Read MoreTop Ten Leadership Tips
Some industries require employees to strive for perfection (medical research, legal profession, risk management etc.) but for the vast majority of us perfectionism can be extremely dangerous. Business happens in real time and most of us need to balance the need to do things as well as we possibly can with the need to crack on and do the next thing too.
Read MoreTop Ten Ways To Improve Your Public Speaking
Think through your audience’s expectations, particularly with regard to questions. Do they expect you to know everything? Of course not. In fact, a speaker who is confident to admit gaps in their knowledge will be given far more credit than someone who bluffs.
Read MoreThe Top Ten Leadership Lessons Of Steve Jobs
It is quite ironic that the first Leadership lesson from such a reputedly abrasive man is Empathy. Steve Jobs may not have empathised well on the face of it with his employees, but he did recognise a passion within then that needed to be fulfilled. Moreover, he had an acute empathy with his Customers. He could understand what they wanted and what frustrated them before they could even articulate it.
Read MoreHow to work on your Business rather than in it
Most of us are working on the logic that we are too busy to make ourselves less busy. We convince ourselves that next month will be better, but frankly, it never is. A good coach will really help you to invest in yourself and to create the space in which to perform better and to get more from work.
Read MoreHow to make sure good ideas don’t run out of steam in your business
Is it hard to make change stick in your organisation? Do people need constant supervision if they are not to slip back in to the old ways of doing things? This is a cultural problem and although this can’t be changed overnight, you can address and improve the culture of your organisation by considering “Mindset”.
Read MoreGoal Setting. How to set Goals that actually work
Professor Gabrielle Autinger of the University of Pennsylvania took this further and concluded that Positive Visualisation of the future produced enhanced results only when accompanied by realism of the barriers faced en route. A technique coined as Double Think by Professor Richard Wiseman (borrowed of course, from the Orwell book, 1984.)
Read MoreTwenty Practical steps to bring Email Under control
As soon as you open up Email you are on other people’s agendas. Give yourself 10 minutes each day thinking about what your priorities are and what you want to achieve before you set yourself adrift on that sea of email
Read MoreHow to Retain and Motivate Talent
Like any asset, talent needs to be nurtured and invested in. Amongst other things, this takes the form of challenging assignments, external training courses where they mix with business leaders across their industry and from all walks of business, and Executive Coaching.
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