Mindfulness-the Journey of the Caterpillar. This blog is a reflection of my first session along with nineteen other people with Huw Griffiths of Bath Mindfulness this past weekend. I had chosen to embark on the mindfulness journey having read a lot about it online and in books, and many trainers and coaches often… Read More
Advocacy Part 2-What are your Staff saying about you right now? In my previous blog I rambled on about advocacy from customers and its importance. This stimulated a comment from a reader about internal advocacy from staff.
Advocacy-Back Stabbers or Not So Secret Admirers? Question- What are your customers saying about you right now? How many times have you stopped to think about this? Have you even thought about it? Funny thing is, that most people who run their own businesses, large or small all say that the customer is the most… Read More
Reinvention – ‘The alarm clock moment’. Those of you who read my recent blog on dealing with change “Over My Dead Body.” might have detected that I was dealing with something. No shocks dear reader, I was. I had been made redundant. Redundant after 16 years I might add. Before I go on, I see… Read More
Appraisals – Not Just a Tick in a Box The appraisal. A meeting that needs to happen every so often between a manager and an employee with a view to evaluating the performance of the latter against the expectation of the former. These meetings are so important, yet the more people I talk to about… Read More
“Over My Dead Body!” – Adapting to Change Change can be bloody hard, especially when the change is imposed on you. It can seem like you are losing all control over what was once all nicely in place, neat and tidy, all the ducks in a row. The ducks have suddenly all been shot.
Think You’re Entitled? – Think again… Have heard about the latest disease that is creeping into our society? It is very contagious and is reaching almost pandemic levels. Sufferer’s symptoms include a true belief in their own hype with feelings of extreme resentment if rejected or let down, a deep sense of expectation…somehow without any… Read More
The Management Threat – Not the Person, the Process. “Threat. ‘A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger’ –‘ a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury or damage or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.” Threat is a strong word, and when you… Read More
Don’t Sweat the Smalltalk! Are you the type of person who simply hates small talk and just gets straight to the point? Are you the type of person who hates meeting new people because you have to make idle chit chat? Do you dread having to make small talk with people you will probably never… Read More
STRESS! Be Mindful of The Walking Dread ‘Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality’ Sharma Halcyon Days… Remember when you were a kid, long summer holidays, six weeks of kicking back just chilling with your mates, then the ‘back to school’ ads kick in on TV half-way through (spoil sports)… Read More
