Posts tagged Personal Development
What Does Success Mean to You?
Jun 16th
Success means different things to different people: It can mean being rich; having a certain car like the one above, a larger house or a certain lifestyle Tweet
Do You Have the Right Attitude…I Mean Behaviour?
Feb 20th
What are your soft / behavioural skills? Ok so you’ve been in a job for a while but you fancy a change but you have no idea where to start and what skills you have. So what are organisations looking for? Jobs are made up of knowledge, skills and behaviours. Knowledge being linked to experience…
Presentation Skills – Handling Nerves
Nov 7th
Giving a presentation can be one of the most nerve wrecking experiences a person can have. People who are fearful of presenting far outweigh those who are confident of presenting. Even the most confident of presenters will confess to being nervous even if they don’t show it outwardly. They have simply learnt how to handle…
Solve Problems by Wearing Hats
Sep 17th
Six Thinking Hats (de Bono, Edward (1985). Six Thinking Hats: An Essential Approach to Business Management) is a great process to explore problems or issues either as a team or alone. We all have preferences in the way we think but exploring other styles of thinking…
Quick Tips: Customer Focus
Dec 10th
In this current tough economic climate customers are thinking twice before spending money. One way to ensure customers choose to spend with you is to make sure you really look after them. Here are some quick tips about Customer Focus.
Quick Tips: Planning and Organising
Nov 10th
In the current climate where we all seem to be needing to do more with less, whether it is more tasks to do with less time or less cost. Being efficient and effective with your planning can impact on how well you use your time and what you achieve. Planning effectively can also help you…
Presentations – Bells and whistles beware!
Oct 28th
Having a great structure to a presentation will often mean your presentation is heard and often remembered by the audience which will mean you have succeeded with your presentation. Power Point offers a range of “Add-ons” or technological gimmicks. Unless you are confident with the technology these are best left alone unless they add to…
Presentations – Keeping the structure nice and simple
Oct 27th
Presentation Skills is a topic where some people think they’re good at it…. But often they’re not, whilst others fear it and avoid it. The truth is that it’s much harder than it looks and much more goes on behind the scenes to make a presentation effective and look effortless. Here are some tips to…
Quick Tips: Decision Making
Oct 8th
Do you struggle with decision making? Do you spend time weighing up what to do? Do you find you procrastinate on making decisions? If this sounds like you then here are some quick tips for making decisions.Tweet
Quick Tips: Interpersonal Skills
Sep 20th
In today’s society where jobs and businesses are under threat due to economic uncertainty just being good at a job isn’t enough. There is a need to forge strong relationships with a wide range of people and to avoid unhealthy conflict. Here are some tips to help to boost your interpersonal skills.Tweet