The Three Keys to Making Behaviour Change Stick

May 22, 2010

Good article on the three keys to making behavioural change stick: Behaviour change

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Death by PowerPoint

May 20, 2010

You may have seen this video clip before. A great reminder that if you are going to present with impact then you need to be careful using PowerPoint.Death by PowerPoint

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Building Rapport – Matching and Mirroring – Cameron and Clegg

May 13, 2010

Interesting pictures in the press today showing rapport between Cameron and Clegg

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What are Your Limits?

May 13, 2010

Great article on limits and limiting beliefs: Where Are Your Limits? By Tom Hoobyar Article Word Count 1708, average reading time 6.8 minutes. Here’s a surprise. Whoever you are and whatever you can or can’t do, your idea of your personal limits is likely to be wrong. Oooh! Dumb way to establish rapport, right? Begin [...]

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Coalition and Leadership – who could help you today?

May 13, 2010

With the launch of a coalition government it got me thinking how often we assume we have to do everything on our own when there may be ways of involving others – others that until now we thought as competitors or rivals. Who could you partner with today? Food for thought?

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Presentation Skills: The walk on – David Cameron

May 12, 2010

Click here for Youtube: Presentation Skills – The Walk on, David Cameron Did you notice David Cameron’s ‘walk on’ last night? He did a great job – walking down Downing Street, approaching the microphone, stopping and pausing before speaking and then staying rock solid still as he spoke. We always get participants on our presentation [...]

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Fire Fighting Like the Professionals

March 24, 2010

I found myself wondering how often we think we have put out ‘fires’ and move on to something else without focussing our attention and ensuring:
• That the ‘fire’ can’t flare up again
• There have been no knock on effects
• We have put everything back in its place
• We have reflected on what happened and what our own contribution might have been
• We have extracted the learning from the experience

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Making a Difference

December 17, 2009

The Star Thrower Story – Making a Difference

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Making Change Stick- The Masai and Logical Levels

November 26, 2009

Research by Gregory Bateson and Robert Dilts suggests that we have a hierarchy in the way we think about things. They identified six ‘logical levels of thought’, each level providing different information and building on the level below.

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Free Days

October 16, 2009

Article courtesy of Bernadette Doyle

Heard About ‘Free Days’?
Imagine the following scenario. It’s Wednesday afternoon. You and a friend are having lunch at your favourite restaurant. After lunch you might go for a stroll, visit a local attraction, or just go home and read. It doesn’t matter which. Your phone and email are switched off, work is the farthest thing from your mind, and you’re committed to nothing more than simply relaxing. You return to the office the next morning, guilt-free and feeling rather energetic.

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