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Time to Apply: If you apply one a day – seven days The 7 Words that Build Trust, Rapport and Influence Someone’s name – the single sweetest word in the world, to everyone – use it, don’t overuse it. “And” – use instead of “but” and witness the positive impact (warning – you will now…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Depends when you want to end it! How to Put an End to Nuisance Calls (and have great fun doing so) Even though we have registered with The Telephone Preference Service some callers still get through. Here is how to ensure they don’t call again, keep calm, have fun and practice…… Continue Reading
How to make peace with your father – If your father has passed away (If your father is alive – Read here) One – Do the same as if he were alive, in your mind – imagine the whole conversation, both ways, in real time, with your father ‘sitting’ opposite you.Your mind cannot tell the…… Continue Reading
How to make peace with your father – If your father is alive (If your father has passed away – Read here) Take ownership of the relationship – many men complain about their father not spending time with them, with being too strict, not expressing their love or pride. By taking ownership you reverse this…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 90 seconds My good friend Steven Capper of Aecom was recently voted top Chief Information Officer in the UK (that’s him in the Rocky boxing outfit deep in the middle of hundreds of Aecom leaders – rather boringly I kept all my clothes on when I closed the event). To me, Steven…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 72 secs The real, naked reason people get upset is…That something they need to happen, want to happen or expect to happen, hasn’t.Find out what that something is, and you avoid an argument, the upset evaporates and you and they can have a proper conversation.Far more effective than: Telling someone to “calm…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 32 secs A great example of giving someone a standard to live up to Last week a friend who works as a school receptionist shared with me a Christmas card she had held onto to show me, given to her by a pupil’s parents. Under the usual stuff was a handwritten message:…… Continue Reading
Time to Reflect: Don’t! …Act! Mirror Mirror on the Wall… ‘What help, advice and guidance do you have for me?’ Yes indeed, many answers already lie within you, so make time for a coaching session, with yourself. It will make a change from the judgements we make about ourselves when we look at ourselves – ‘you’ve…… Continue Reading
How to make 2015 the best year yet – for you, your teams and your organisations Time to Read: What does that matter – this is BIG… In a line – Focus on Outcomes and bring everything back to Outcomes In a Paragraph – Have a clear Outcome – a what – and when you do something, ask…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 30 seconds If success is so simple, why don’t people achieve it more often? Because of… (in order of priority) Lacking in confidence to just do something and see if it works. Not knowing what to do, or how to do it Having “failed” at it before Since Naked Leader started in the…… Continue Reading