Soft Skills Lead To Real Success

At the core of any business success is the skill of individuals working together well and communicating effectively. An ability to understand the need for personal responsibility, even skills as basic as good time keeping, to the ability of independent problem solving...

Do You Need A High IQ Or A High EQ?

Perhaps a good balance of both? In an ideal world as we make our way through life we would have achieved a good balance of both, but for many of us, an improvement in our level of Emotional Intelligence would offer us the increased success we desire both within...

On Being A Powerful Influencer

Success in any area of life, indeed success in every area of your life, is dependant on your ability to influence others. To define influence we might say it is the ability to change others people’s thoughts, beliefs or actions. Your success as an influencer of people...

Time To Make A Change?

It’s a question I clearly remember asking myself in 1987 and again in 1988 and 1989. I was a Police Officer involved in the Kings Cross Fire in which 27 people died, followed by the Clapham Rail Disaster in which 35 people died, and finally in 1989 when the...

Who did you say you were?

Had a great day working with one of our Accelerated Development groups on Wednesday. No matter how many groups we work with they are each so astoundingly different. Each group as an entity seems to take on its own distinct personality. Larry and I always try to bring...

We only wanted lunch

Out for lunch with a mature colleague not yet 65yrs who purchased his lunch knowing what the bill would be, couldn’t understand why he was being undercharged. After careful scrutiny of his bill we discovered an ‘elderly citizen discount’ at the bottom which was cause...