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How to Ensure you don’t have Jet Lag The Seven Ways to Make it Happen 1. Stop talking or thinking about it – expect to arrive normally and feel fine. 2. Change your watches to the destination time as soon as you board the aircraft and behave accordingly – even call the food you eat…… Continue Reading
Time to be read: 184 seconds (give or take). The Psychology of… Why people – why you and everyone you know and meet – do what they do. New Scientist once wrote ‘The idea that people are rational, is risible’ – yes indeed, however, people are predictably irrational. On the 14th May, in a once only event in…… 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
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: 37 Seconds How to say “No” and mean No Don’t say “No” – say “Yes” with an alternative suggestion Look the person in the eyes and say “No” and then explain why, using the word “Because.” Say “No” and then add “the last thing you would want me to do is to agree…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Slightly longer than it takes to lose your house – all on Red How to Run your Office like a Vegas Casino “Culture” is a huge word in business these days, stolen of course from the world of yoghurt Here are 7 Lessons taken from Vegas Casinos (visited on a recent Vegas speaking…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Doesn’t matter, as long as she/he doesn’t see you reading it! Tell your leader how you would like to be led – in terms of style, behaviour and what you want to be empowered to do. On empowerment, be specific. Ask what are your manager’s top priorities? Listen, Question, offer to help and…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 1 Min 45 Secs It is a challenge in every type of company – how to ensure an effective career path for technical experts who have had little if any formal leadership experience, learning or training. Create parallel career paths: (1) leader of people/teams, and (2) technical. Both have the proportionate level…… Continue Reading
Top 10 (+1) Tips for being a World-Class Speaker / Presenter – in order of importance 1 Tell them what you are going to tell them. Tell them. Then tell them what you told them. 2 Know your message well, know your audience better and know how to leave PowerPoint at home, best of all.…… Continue Reading