The high turn out of fifty people for the Positive Succession Planning seminar on February 7th highlighted the importance of succession for rural businesses. The ages ranged from 90 years old to just 6 months! (The latter was well behaved while his mother learnt how to protect his future.) Iain McVicar, of Albert Goodman, surprised [...]

The Mind Your Head Challenge is being launched on Friday August 12th 2011 at Kingston Maurward College between 4 and 6 pm. This is part of our social responsibility project The Phoenix Legacy. Its purpose is to have mentally active people gaining greater independence and enjoyment from their later years. We aim to create a [...]

You may be old enough to remember this advertising slogan, but can you remember which company used it? In personal terms, does your motivation need a boost? Are you achieving as much as you know you are capable of? With all the doom and gloom merchants around, would some positive thinking be welcome? Achieving Your [...]

Congratulations to Stella English, who won the Apprentice last night. This is in no small part to her determination and powerful positive belief that she can achieve anything if she puts her mind to it. She is a fantastic example of what self belief can accomplish against difficult odds. What a worthy winner. Building Powerful [...]

When everyone seems to have everything they need, more people are looking for an ‘experience’ present. If you want the ultimate adrenaline rush, which brings benefits for a lifetime, then we have the answer. High Impact Presentations is an intensive, enjoyable two day course on February 2nd & 3rd 2011. Delegates can enjoy the luxury [...]

A Positive Approach to Succession: November 25th We had a great event this week, which we designed in conjunction with Business Link, on the thorny subject of succession planning for farmers. Those that came found it ‘positive, enlightening and interesting’. One couple said how important it was to realise you’re not alone or stupid, as [...]

On a recent ‘Making the Best Use of Your Time’ workshop, a key time waster identified was people not responding. There is nothing more frustrating than when you need an answer or information from someone  and they don’t reply. Persistence is important if you are going to get through the many hurdles of matching their [...]

At the Business Exchange meeting in Weymouth on June 24th, I gave a presentation on Igniting the Passion. Very often people say they are passionate about their business, and think that is enough. Hey, your competitors are passionate about their business too. You need to have a plan to capitalise on your passion to give [...]

“The leader of the past knows how to tell; the leader of the future will know how to ask.” Peter Drucker Today we ran a special workshop on Leading to 2012, which focused on what are the issues for 2012 and how can we help. The Olympics coming to Weymouth & Portland will provide new [...]

Delegates at my recent workshop asked two key questions. How do I re-find my confidence? Confident people had lost faith in themselves after being on maternity leave, an abusive conflict situation, and receiving bad feedback. Are we actually born with confidence or is it something that we learn? Remembering the assured way my son demanded [...]