It’s human nature to resist change, particularly when it comes in the form of adversity or challenge. Our ability to cope with stress and to spring back and overcome adversity is a measure of our resilience. Building resilience requires that we pay attention to...
Being accountable for end results is not a new concept in the business world. However in the not for profit and especially humanitarian sectors accountability is a current buzzword. This is partly because of the recent global economic crisis that has seen donations to...
I’ve been running quite a lot of leadership programmes this year. During them, participants and I have explored many of the usual topics: ‘How does leadership differentiate from management?’ How can you ignite the full collective intelligence of your team and your...
I’ve been working with several clients this year on various stages of strategy formulation and implementation. One of them has just launched a three-year vision 2020, another is about to start the second three-year phase of a 10 year Vision 2023. I thought I’d share...
I was fortunate to hear Sophie Scott, director of the University College London’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience deliver a lecture on the neuroscience of laughter. Professor Scott, a self-acclaimed stand up scientist, presented an hilarious Seven Lessons of...
Communicating in Teams Summary This workshop is designed to help individuals perform better in group decision making and team situations. The content and the exercises are designed to explore how groups communicate, how they make decisions, and how individual...
The feats of World Memory Champions – those who can memorise thousands of binary digits in 30 minutes, or the order of 16 packs of playing cards, or even the numbers in hours may beyond the reach of the majority of us ‘normal’ beings. However...
As early as the mid 1800’s Ebbinghouse and others demonstrated the fast pace of new learning loss. More recent studies along with anecdotal observations indicate that no matter how good your face to face learning initiative is in helping learning to...
“What do I do in a conversation when I am attacked unfairly, or the person opposite me makes uncalled for comments about my appearance or previous behaviours?” “Why can’t people just have a normal conversation? Why do they need to behave so...
I returned home from a trip recently and was greeted with a wonderful surprise. Seven of my nine white orchids were in various stages of flower. About 5 years ago I bought a large, beautiful display of white orchids as a Christmas decoration. It sat on the floor...
