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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Written by Rosie on March 13, 2009 – 5:46 pm
In a counter measure to the ‘doom and gloom’ merchants of the media, I am hoping to collect success stories from businesses in Dorset. From discussions at the recent Business Exchange breakfast at Blandford, there are some really good results being achieved by a number of companies. Stephen Coburn, Inspiration Plus, has highlighted that a [...]
Written by Rosie on March 9, 2009 – 4:43 pm
There is up to £1000 to help develop your business leadership skills. The first £500 is available to managing directors, owner managers and company directors and is there for the taking, provided you are eligible. A further grant of £500 has to be match funded, and is available for any senior manager or the management [...]
