New Years Resolutions? Put them into S.T.I.C.K.Y. T.R.A.P.P.S.

Would you like your New Years Resolutions to work – Put them into a Sticky Trap.   Happy New Year! Are you like me and wonder where the time goes? It feels like we keep saying things that start with the words “it feels like only yesterday when…” or “if only I had done….” Right?… Read More



Managers – Lockdown 3. Seven Tips to Help Your Team’s Mental Health

7 Tips for Lockdown 3. The impact on mental health for many is overwhelming. As a manager be sure to check in with every single person who reports to you, especially today at the start, and especially those employees who are living alone. We have been here twice, but doesn’t make it any easier. People… Read More



Trick or Treat – Does Your Employer Care or Scare?

Hallowe’en comes around quicker and quicker don’t you think? We still have groups coming around each year dressed up in spooky outfits, with adorable made up faces and armed with little buckets ready to be filled with sweets and good things, and that is just the adults!



Managers – Have We Taken Our Eye Off Of The Ball?

Have We Taken Our Eye Off of The Ball? We live in a funny time, employers have never been so cautious about their employees. It is almost like they are living in perpetual fear of recrimination. We cannot say this We cannot do that Will we upset them What if they cry



What Are The 2 Reasons Why Managers Fail?

What Are The 2 Reasons Why Managers Fail? At SerialTrainer7 I get to meet, coach and train so many managers and it is such a privilege to work with such talented people.  Along the way conversations are had that can be quite challenging, especially when we discuss their own performance as a manager and what… Read More



The Seven Sins of Toxic Managers…and the Cure.

Toxic Managers, it is time to step up and take the cure?   In our current working environment we are more frequently hearing about disgruntled employees lodging a grievance against their managers or taking legal advice against employers with a view to taking further action.   As a management trainer and former manager, I find… Read More



Find Your Perfect Partners with SerialTrainer7 Ltd

FIND YOUR PERFECT PARTNERS WITH SERIALTRAINER7  The perfect partnership. Did you read our recent news? SerialTrainer7 has now got a new Director on board, and we are celebrating! Isn’t it lovely when you know you’ve met the one, you know that perfect person who just gets you and understands you? It is a perfect partnership. … Read More



Happy 3rd Birthday SerialTrainer7 Ltd

Happy Birthday SerialTrainer7 Ltd Today is the third birthday of SerialTrainer7 Ltd and goodness it has flown by. After 25 experience of training and developing people, my business was set up three years ago with the aim of creating training that has a real impact on employees, by getting them where they need to be… Read More



Management – A House of Cards?

Is Your Management Style Built on a House of Cards? Have you ever tried building a house of cards? It is certainly not an easy thing to do and a brand new deck is no good, too slippery. No when it works best the cards need to be well used, well thumbed and a bit… Read More



The Apprentice – The Ego Has Landed!

That time of year again, Strictly is back on, The Walking Dead is soon back, M&S have their Christmas food on the shelves and the nights are drawing in, and yes, The Apprentice is back tonight too. Yes indeed, another chance to point and laugh at the over blown egos and self-aggrandising.