A feedback option that works
You want to get feedback so you can improve. But it’s hard to take sometimes. Here’s a useful nugget from Seth Godin. He suggests that when we receive…
Useful tools for consulting
Consulting tools that can help you be better at consulting? I’ll help you! Here are some of the consulting tools in my collection: With no sign up, you can…
Motivate yourself!
It’s not talent that distinguishes the great from the also-ran. It’s motivation. Here are: three ways to motivate yourself stories to tell yourself to…
Do less and obsess - so you gotta say no
Do less and obsess is the first of 7 principles that top performers have in common in Morten Hansen’s book Work Less Achieve more (podcast here). Here are…
Just for Fun... some inspirational speeches
Just because you can, why not spend 2 minutes and see 40 inspirational speeches. It will make you feel good, I promise!
Make Emotions Less Emotional
When I ran my improv session for the Australasian Facilitators’ Network Conference recently, I mentioned that being able to reframe on the fly was especially…
Concentrate (don't multi-task)
the more people multitask, the worse they are, not just at other mental abilities, but at multitasking itself. Source: How To Learn How To Think If you’re…
Leadership, Levels and History
Leadership is not just one thing but many. Here are some different approaches. First, an interesting summary of Drotter's Leadership Pipeline. 6 passages between…
Vulnerability makes you strong!
Vulnerability in others we see as courageous. Vulnerability in ourselves we see as weakness. You can build team through helping them show their vulnerabilities to…
Getting more exercise
We all know that exercise is good for us. And yet we can de-prioritise it in favour of other stuff. Until we feel like we just don’t have the energy, just…
Motivating yourself when a deal falls through
Cindy Tonkin offers seven inspirational ideas for your bottom drawer to help you cope with that rare occasion when a major deal falls through. 1. Take Heart First…
Get attention when you present!
Get attention from people: You have worked for weeks making your presentation just so. You have mined the data, and you know it backwards. You have worked hard to…