Thinking Strategically for Financial Survival
COVID-19 has and is unimaginably changing life and the world as we know it. Everything that we have come to accept as normal in our personal and business lives has been turned upside down. The uncertainty has created overwhelming fear, panic, hysteria and anxiety. Many have already lost their jobs with a lot more losses […]
Six Ways to Prepare for an Online Presentation
I was preparing for two presentations recently. The first was for a group of three in which we discussed a presentation that they were to deliver to a prospective client. The second was to a group of at least 40 who were to listen to me speak about what I am doing to stay relevant […]
How to Avoid Conflict in Times of High Stress?
Everyone is trying to come to terms with the fact that life as we know it is changing fast and it is changing on a daily basis. New information is coming out about COVID-19 all the time and nobody really knows what the near future is going to look like. This comes with uncertainty and […]
Showcasing your Customer Experience in Challenging Times
Right now, we are living in a chaotic and uncertain world. As we’ve seen in the media and perhaps even personally, times like this bring out the worst in people. We have all witnessed the behaviours of customers in supermarkets and other shops where people are stripping the shelves bare. People are panicking! Some clients […]
7 Tips to Help your Employees Stay Well
As workplaces move to remote working to slow the spread COVID – 19 it’s an opportune time to educate your people on ways to practice self-care and stay connected so all team members can continue to work well during this uncertain time. Here’s 7 tips to help you and your team stay well: Move Movement […]
6 Ways to make a Paradigm Shift in a Coronavirus Threatened World
Years ago, like many of us, I read the great book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by the late Stephen R Covey and it made a huge impression on me. One of the concepts I found very interesting about the book was the concept of “paradigms” and how to make a “paradigm shift”. […]
Learn MI Effective Approach to Coaching in Sport
See what I did- MI effective approach to coaching? I.e. my coaching! Well no it probably doesn’t work unless you recognise MI as the acronym for motivational interviewing… Motivational interviewing was born out of treating psychological problems and has also more recently, become a frontline approach for helping people change in health and social care […]
How to Motivate and Manage a Remote Team
Mobility, Agility and Flexibility are words that are commonly associated with today’s workforce that include all different styles of working from flexible hours, job-sharing and remote working options. This is a stark contrast from workplaces in the ’70s and ’80s. Undoubtedly the explosion of the internet and globalisation have had much influence on the ability […]
People Development during Difficult Times
Life goes on – be strategic about what your business and people require As of today, the long-term forecast of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is rapidly changing and unclear. The pandemic may continue for several months, with potential catastrophic consequences to certain industries and jobs. What is clear, is that reducing contact where unknowingly infected […]
The Business of Change
Change is of course happening all the time, change is either easy, difficult or even near-impossible depending upon the nature of the change and the readiness of the person, people or organisation involved. We, individually, go through life changes which are not always volitional- aging is the key example- and obviously changes such as this […]