Learning Curve

27/05/2020

Our colleague Julie shares what she's learnt about delivering virtual training as well as some of the hiccups along the way. If you've never delivered a virtual training event, these tips will help you to avoid the pitfalls and deliver an engaging event for your participants. We'd love to hear your experiences, what you've learnt, your successes and those times when it hasn't gone to plan.

07/02/2020

An excellent additional resource to add to our series on Business Partnering. If you've finding it more challenging putting the tools and skills into practise than you anticipated, this resource from our colleague Shona Ward will be of interest to you.

07 Feb Being an Effective Business Partner – What Gets in Your Way? Posted at 13:37h in Business Partnering by Gill   “I’d be a great business partner if it wasn’t for…” There is an old joke that people in business used to tell, ‘Things would be great around here if it wasn’t for ou...

10/10/2019

A great resource from our colleague Gill Bonello with tips on presenting to a board

07 Oct Presenting to the Board – 7 Tips to Get You Through It Posted at 06:58h in Personal Effectiveness, Presentation Tips by Caroline   One of my favourite quotes about presenting is from George Jessel who said “The human brain is a wonderful organ. It starts to work as soon as you are born a...

21/08/2019

For those of you operating as a Business Partner,what are the key things you have learned over the years about communicating with your clients? We asked our past participants and this is what two of them picked out? Would you agree? What was the key learning for you?

01/07/2019

Are you a leader who leads a team of experts who have more knowledge and experience than you in their areas of expertise? Getting the best out of them requires a subtly different skillset than you might normally use with your functional team. If so, our colleague Mark Procter’s blog will be of interest to you

01 Jul Leading Expert Teams Posted at 15:41h in Leadership, Meeting Tips by Caroline The modern world is complex and requires leaders who can leverage the talents of a team of experts to solve problems and gain a competitive edge. As these individuals will most likely have more knowledge and expe....

07/06/2019

Our latest resource has some helpful tips on how to hone your coaching practice from our colleague Caroline Lewis. Really helpful, particularly for those who strive to continue to improve their coaching.

30 Apr Coaching – Three important factors to hone your craft Posted at 15:48h in Coaching by Caroline   The psychologists tell us that batching things in threes is a powerful way of communicating – three is the magic number, as the saying (or the song by De La Soul) goes! This is because the Ru...

04/01/2019

And here's our second blog in the recruitment series. Do you find out everything you need from your candidates or are you left wondering if they are the right fit for the job? This blog will help you decide which will be the best questions to gather the information you need so that you're clear on how each candidate fits your selection criteria.

03 Jan Questioning Techniques for Selection Interviews Posted at 11:41h in People Management by Gill What’s the worst question you’ve ever been asked at interview? Or the worst question you’ve asked a candidate? On our Recruitment and Selection Skills courses, participants tell us about a whol...

04/01/2019

Happy New Year to all our clients, course participants and contacts. We hope 2019 will be a great year for you.
To kick off the new year we have posted two blogs on how to recruit successfully. The first provides tips on how to be clear about what you're looking for before you start the recruitment process. Common sense but not often common practice

20 Dec Creating a Person Description – Know What You’re Looking For Posted at 10:24h in People Management by Gill   When you go into a recruitment interview, as the recruiting manager, do you know exactly what you’re looking for or do you rely on ‘knowing it when you see it’? Many manager...

05/07/2018

If you find yourself saying Yes when you really wanted to say No, this is the blog for you, written by our colleague Gill Bonello

02 Jul Six Ways to Say “No” Posted at 11:34h in Personal Effectiveness by Gill Picture the scene – you’ve had a full-on day; your head is spinning with a jumbled to-do list and you’ve still got work to do before you can head home and make that all important gym session / parents evening / ...

24/04/2018

Need to get better at thinking strategically? Take a look at our colleague Mark Procter's article published in Dialogue, the global media platform for management and leadership

Rudyard Kipling taught Mark Procter all he knows about strategic thinking What happens if an organization doesn’t...

06/03/2018

If you use PowerPoint to deliver presentations or training, this is a must watch. It's only 4 minutes and very funny but also very try as many presenters fall into these traps!

Newly edited and improved version of Don's classic bit "Life After Death by PowerPoint".

06/11/2017

Do you use every opportunity to learn from your experiences? Check out this month's blog from our colleague Caroline Lewis - common sense but definitely not common practise!