Seize the PIG

Are You Just Being Lazy?

You can see my dogs Jeffrey and Monty have a hard life being lazy! There are different types of laziness. For instance you could be working hard all week or for a period of time, like during exams and then allow yourself to be lazy at the weekend and have a "duvet day" or watch boxsets all weekend. This is "healthy" laziness. On the other hand you could be a person who is winding away time during the day, every...

“Give me a ring if you want to talk” Why this doesn’t help a person wh...

Depression is a funny word in that we use it in the wrong way which actually diminishes what depression is. We hear people say they are depressed that day but the reality is they are just having a normal bad day. So what is depression and how can you help? So what behaviours do people who are depressed show? People can appear normal – they are often trying to deal with their depression and be stro...

What Happens to You When "Change" Happens?

People respond to change in very similar ways although the speed that people deal with change and the peaks and troughs of emotion can vary great from person to person. The emotional response to change follows this pattern…. Shock / Anger Initially people need to time to recognise what is happening. For a time people may appear to do nothing or very little – perhaps not even coping. A range of reactions may be exp...

Real Confidence - not pretend confidence!

I often meet people who appear very confident but tell me that their confidence is something they have learnt to do.....a bit like putting a mask on or an overcoat. I also meet people who have learnt to act confident but are fed up of acting and want to be authentically confident. So what is true confidence? Is it the bubbly larger than life personality or the person who can talk to an audience with...

Managing Change The People Side

Are you due to implement a change at work and want to get it right? Have you ever tried to implement a change in your team to then be faced with objections and negativity? Have you ever been part of a change at work and it was managed badly from start to finish? Despite the fact we spend all our lives changing and learning, many of us never really enjoy change. Change can be difficult. Technological advances...

Seize the PIG

Yesterday I was in London delivering a “Seize the PIG” training session.

Seize the PIG? I hear you say!
This training session was about, leadership, managing people and getting performance improvement. Serious stuff lightened by the PIG analogy.

PIG just stands for Performance Improvement Grid.

In the PIG there are 4 challenges for business leaders which I think are good for all of us
So see if you can rise to the challenge, be PIGaliscious and “Seize the PIG!”

1. What are you going to START doing this week to be more successful?
2. What are you going to STOP doing this week to be more successful?
3. What are your going to DO MORE of this week to be more successful?
4. What are you going to DO DIFFERENTLY to be more successful?

Are You Just Being Lazy?

“Give me a ring if you want to talk” Why this doesn’t help a person wh...

What Happens to You When "Change" Happens?

Real Confidence - not pretend confidence!

Managing Change The People Side

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