Thoughts

How to Achieve Engaged and Motivated Staff   The best organisations have engaged and motivated employees who are happy and enjoy their work. So how do we achieve this? According to Tom Rath it is all about identifying a person’s strengths in their early years. His research shows that where leadership fails to focus on […]

Maximising Success Success for You, Success for Your Organisation   April 5th 2019, Albert Hall Conference Centre, Nottingham I’m so pleased to announce that the doors to the 2019 NLP and Coaching Convention are now open! This event is about bringing professional, in-house and self employed coaches together alongside other professionals from the fields of […]

How to Become a Great Leader   DON’T BE A NORM In order to be a great leader or coach, you have to be an awe-inspiring version of yourself. That way you can be a role model for others and get the most satisfaction from your vocation or career. I say vocation, as being a […]

The emotion of fear has a positive intent, to protect us. I think the first sign of worry is a signal to act. I believe it is rather like a hazard warning. If you see some water spilt on a hospital ward or factory floor you would mop it up. It was very useful for […]

Differences of Coaching or Mentoring I am sometimes asked to define the differences between coaching and mentoring. Some people use the term coaching and mentoring interchangeably. Some writers define mentoring as a longer relationship with a more experienced person. I guess you can compare a mentor to Yoda. Sir John Whitmore states that true coaching […]

by Brent Stuart, Operations Manager, Ceva Logistics “That’s it, come on we’re going, im not watching any more of this” I said to my brother after the 5th goal went in. Losing at home 5 nil to Peterborough after 60 minutes; being an Oldham fan is getting harder every year. We stand up and our […]

The Doorman   by Steve Kay, Managing Director, qualityculture Ltd I was at a Round Table dinner a few years ago, all blokes wearing dinner suits and an ex footballer telling stories about being an England player in the world cup final back in 1966. As I wondered back into the room there was a […]

Applying NLP Practitioner Training At Work   by Ben Adams, Rushcliffe Borough Council Reaping the Benefits of Building Rapport in the Streetwise Service Background In 2009 Rushcliffe Borough Council conducted a staff satisfaction survey across the whole organisation with the following targets set: High Performance = over 80% Acceptable Performance = 79% to 60% Low […]

London Weekend Television   by Andy Cope, Key Note Speaker; Author of Spy Dog and Founder of Art of Brillance Ltd www.artofbrilliance.co.uk Being of a certain age, LWT stands for ‘London Weekend Television’. I’ve been reading Robin Sharma’s book, based on the concept of ‘Leadership Without a Title’ so I’m grappling with my perception of LWT. […]