Lydia Greenway (ex England Cricketer) and I delivered our talk to Positive Networking in Peterborough last week. This was titled “What Psychology and Sport Can Teach Business”. We looked at 3 key areas for us all as leaders: 1. Our individual performance 2. How we lead our people 3. Building a winning culture I am [...]
The word “presenting” can be a little dangerous. A presentation is not about delivering information, it’s much more about engaging your audience. To help you, here are some ideas that I feel will significantly improve the way you engage your audience. Make it about them Use your empathetic skills to think about what would be [...]
How conscious are you of what you say? Both in terms of your inner dialogue and what you say to others? Some basic research from the 60s is often used to tell you that only 7% of your communication relates to the words used. Body language and tonality are very important, but words are way [...]
If you lead people, you’ll no doubt know the challenges of finding, developing, managing and retaining good people. This has all become more demanding in the 21st century as a) expectations from employees is a lot higher and b) they will move more quickly if their expectations are not met. Therefore it’s critical for [...]
How do you feel about breaking out of your comfort zones? I have just returned from my second trip out training in Dubai & Malaysia. I wrote a blog about “breaking through comfort zones” after my previous trip there in 2016 which you can read here. The thing is, it no longer pushed me out [...]
