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Time to Read: A good few thousand years A journey in China Last month I had the honour, privilege and excitement to be invited to China, by the leaders of the Hua Tao project – www.huataoecovillage.com Simon Jones (Chime Communications and adviser on Naked Leader PR) and I visited The Forbidden Kingdom (wow), drank Chinese…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Under 54 seconds to read – longer to decide The Choice of Opposites Neither of them are ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ by the way – you decide which help move you closer to you outcome, and which move you further away… Which do you say more, “And” or “But”? Do you believe it…… Continue Reading
When to Read: When the door is safely closed What Willow Knew… Rosalind and I made a new friend last month, and wow, did he (or she) teach us a thing or two about non-verbal communication. We had heard there are feral, stray cats in Center Parcs at Longleat Forest – and we are not…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 83 Seconds The Seven Secrets of Happy Children 1 Say “Yes” to your child as often as you say “No.”Your child needs to know where he or she stands, not just where they fall. Note – Do this one thing alone and your child will grow up with higher self-esteem. 2 Tell…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: About 1/100th of the time you will save How to Cut Your Meetings by Half – In both Time and Number… Know where you want to go Hold fewer meetings that take less time and are more useful Know where you are now Lots of meetings that take a lot of time. Almost…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Just a minute I asked – “Can we have 2 extra chairs in The Library Please” and she replied… “Of course sir, I will do that for you” And I breathed a huge sigh of relief. I was facilitating a day with leaders from Aecom and the venue hotel were providing no customer…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 20 Seconds How to get people to listen to what you say (and like you, at the same time) The best way to get people to listen to you is to – Listen to them – (the best way to listen, by the way, is to really listen) and make sure everything you…… 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: 1 Min 59 Secs Time to Listen: 2 Mins 50 Secs 3 weird ways to make E-Mails work for you No e-mail has any meaning, other than the meaning that you personally choose to give it.I recently received an email that contained the following seven words, and the sender asked me…… Continue Reading
Time to Read – 30 seconds Over the last ten years I have been privileged to work with scores of teams. When doing so, I often ask team members for the key skills needed for them to be successful. And, to date, over 95% of the skills listed are so-called “soft” skills – communication, ownership,…… Continue Reading