No Fear Public Speaking.

Adrian Furnham in the Sunday Times recently highlighted the need these days for leaders/business people in organisations and politicians to be able to give great memorable speeches. Now Mr Furnham touches on all the main points of presenting, speech making and creating a lasting impression. So pointless us going through those aspects again. However, all of …

Got a Career Itch – where to start scratching?

Having been very fortunate to have worked with a number of MBA students, helping them identify strengths and development areas for their immediate careers and their MBA studies. Now most believed (and rightly so) that the MBA will kick start an upward trejectory in their careers. The qualification will open doors toward a bright new …

Weird Careers and Planned Happenstance Theory

Have you ever wondered how you ended up in your current job or career? Was your career path carefully planned with a specific course and action plan? Are you still in the role you intended to pursue when you graduated from university or school? My guess is probably not. Conversations with people often remind me …

The Coaching “Business” Conundrum

Always interesting to read about the many different flavours of business, executive or career coaching psychology on LinkedIn and the web. Coaching, of course, is fast becoming an ever increasingly popular tool for supporting personal & professional development. With a raft of 2-week life-coaching & business mentoring courses through to MSc qualifications in coaching psychology, there …

Make Your Workplace Training Stick

I have a thing about the lack of evaluation and assessment (E&A) of workplace training & learning, my problem I know.  So while I am getting over that, lets be more positive and look at a few great ways to make your training & learning programmes stick. Needless to say, there are many benefits of …