Beliefs – are yours empowering you or holding you back?
Beliefs are the stories we tell ourselves that build up our version of ‘reality’. They inform the decisions we take and the way we live our lives and underpin our self esteem and confidence. Some are helpful and some can be destructive – as Henry Ford highlighted in his quote: “If you think you can […] Read More...
Values – What do you stand for?
Our values underpin the way we live our lives, the decisions we take, the friends we feel most aligned with and the work environments we feel happiest in. Values are the standards and moral principles we live our lives by – what we find important and care about. They define who we are and what […] Read More...
Effective Delegation
Effective delegation is a great way of freeing up your time in routine or non-core tasks to allow you to spend more time on long term problem solving, development and growth activities. It also often brings benefits to the person who is being delegated to – allowing them to take responsibility and perhaps develop new […] Read More...
Fight those Presentation Nerves and boost your Confidence
Your mouth is dry, heart palpitating, stomach churning and knees knocking. You go into panic (the fight or flight response), facing a dreaded public speaking assignment. It doesn’t have to be so. These five tips will give you some strategies to overcome those symptoms and have the butterflies flying in formation. 1. Deep breathing will […] Read More...
Personality Preferences and the MBTI
The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung was one of the first people to categorise personality type preferences in normally functioning people based on simple criteria – publishing this in his book Psychology of Type in the 1920s. The essence of his theory is that what can appear to be random variation in behaviour is actually quite […] Read More...
Influencing People – the rules of engagement Part 2
The second of two articles inspired by Dale Carnegie’s internationally renowned book ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’. Click here for Part 1 “If, as a result of reading this book, you get only one thing – an increased tendency to think always in terms of the other person’s point of view, and see […] Read More...
Influencing People – the rules of engagement Part 1
“Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you will face” wrote Dale Carnegie in 1936 in his internationally renowned book ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’. He had discovered through extensive research into what has underpinned the success of people throughout history, that the ability to interact with and influence people is paramount. […] Read More...
What do you want to BE, DO and HAVE? Achieve your goals…
…if you know what you want out of your personal and business life then you are much more likely to notice and seize the opportunities for moving forward. Here’s an exercise to prompt your thinking – best done over a few days so find a way that suits you of capturing some thoughts on everything that you would […] Read More...
Rejuvenate your Resolutions – Set some Goals instead
Many of us start a New Year by making ‘resolutions’ to change some element of our life. Unfortunately, many fall by the wayside for a number of reasons – see if any of these ring a bell: Your heart wasn’t in it because it was someone else’s idea It was unrealistic given the obstacles you […] Read More...
Get the Habit – Habit 7 – “Sharpen the Saw” – Look after Your Wellbeing
The last in a series of articles based on Stephen Covey’s acclaimed book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” – to view the other articles click the links below: Habit 1 – Be Proactive Habit 2 – Begin with the End in Mind (goals and vision) Habit 3 – First things First (time management) Habit […] Read More...