Written by Rosie on May 7, 2010 – 3:32 pm
“Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together” Jesse Jackson.
David Cameron has an opportunity to show true leadership in changing the face of British politics and bringing different parties together for the greater good of the nation. His speech just now, I feel, [...]
Written by Rosie on December 16, 2009 – 10:44 am
On Friday 11th December, we were very honored to be part of the Dorset Business Awards event in Poole. Training for Results was a finalist in the Dorset County Council 2012 Legacy Award. Congratulations to the worthy winners Hive Beach Cafe.
It was our first event of this kind, and it was fantastic to hear all [...]
Written by Rosie on August 31, 2009 – 3:23 pm
One of the key ways to avoid stress I have decided is to sit on your hands. If you get the tendency to raise your hand to volunteer – don’t!. They say you should ask a busy person if you want a job done. Why is that? Don’t they have enough to do?
Last year, I [...]
Written by Rosie on August 24, 2009 – 6:24 pm
Just a week left (closing date: August 31st) to enter our competition to define the five main differences between leadership and management. For more details go to the blog http://www.training-for-results.co.uk/2009/07/leadership-versus-management-competition/
Written by Rosie on July 23, 2009 – 3:59 pm
There is a story in the news today about how Japanese Knotweed was brought into this country, as a decorative garden plant, and has now taken hold across Europe. To counteract its voracious advance, the suggestion is to bring its natural predator in from Japan. Who is to say that the predator, faced with its [...]
Written by Rosie on July 15, 2009 – 6:06 pm
Sarah Bladon has agreed to allow me to publish her story about overcoming her presentation nerves, for which I am very grateful. Here is her story in her words.
“I started my own business (exec:secs) nearly 5 years ago and in order to generate work I decided that networking would be the best option for me. [...]
Written by Rosie on June 22, 2009 – 9:42 am
Congratulations to Ken Barfoot, who has just been accredited to deliver the Integrated Leadership Measure (ILM72), designed by AQR Ltd. This is the world’s first integrated measure of leadership style. As an exciting new service we offer, you can access it as a stand alone or as part of our programmes. It has already been [...]
Written by Rosie on April 8, 2009 – 1:40 pm
In the current climate, most businesses are looking to improve efficiency and reduce costs. One aspect that can be overlooked is meetings. A survey showed that, on average, British workers spend 10 hours/week in meetings and 70% felt they did not need to be there. Imagine what that is costing the UK.
Our clients tell us [...]
Written by Rosie on March 20, 2009 – 9:34 am
Do you ever feel that you are spreading yourself too thinly in your different areas of work? This was an issue which was raised at the creative ideas workshop on March 17th. Over a ten minute period, we used random word technique to find the following ways to help Stephen work smarter.
Clear unnecessary emotions out [...]
Written by Rosie on March 16, 2009 – 9:49 am
Following on from my previous blog, I am asking for stories about business success in Dorset to counteract the doom and gloom merchants. We know there are successful businesses out there. A well publicised one is Well Worths in Dorchester, which made the National news. Even with the fantastic success on their opening day, the [...]
