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As I've attended several of Keith Grover's workshops (including on LinkedIn!) I'm in an excellent position to endorse what great value they are. 

Whilst I'm a regular NiS advertising sponsor (like many NiS Members) we've NO  financial connection - other than paying Keith standard NiS rates when attending any of his workshops, of course...

Now, with the massive changes due next month…

What’s the big deal with LinkedIn this time?

Well, as we speak LinkedIn is undergoing another big makeover - remember how radically it changed when…

Three things to bear in mind when considering this!

1. Do you need people to help your business be successful? 

If the answer is yes, how do you find those people?  How do you know if they can add value to your business?  What is the best way to bring them on board to your business?  Lots of questions but do you have the answer?  Possibly not because the reasons that you started a business was to provide a…

The power of networking. I want to say a huge thank you to Keith Grover of My Team and Networking in Surrey.

As host to the upcoming Wonderful World of Wellbeing Festival at Kempton Park Racecourse in May my initial attendance at My Team in January has become a fabulous journey. Having since met and worked with My Team members, together with recommendations from Keith for further networking around the community has proven invaluable. Meeting amazing business people doing great things,…

It’s hard to believe, but it will be ten years this year since the ratings site Glassdoor was launched.   The website allowing anonymous users to go online and write anything they like about your organisation seemed to be a relatively recent phenomenon to me - but clearly not. I guess the reason I and many clients…

Detox! Detox! Detox! As we head towards Spring it’s the word that we hear banded around the world. I have lived and taught in 7 countries in the last four decades and every year the same old DETOX word pops it's head up along with the fresh greens we see as the earth starts warming. This is a topic that can have an enormous impact on your health. Detoxification is the term we describe the process of your body eliminating things that it was not designed to have such as heavy metals and toxic…

Of all the management issues you will face in the workplace, a medical certificate signing an employee off with stress, anxiety, depression, or some other form of mental illness, is guaranteed to make your heart sink. A variety of questions spring to mind: how long will the person be away? Is the workplace somehow responsible for the problem? Could you have seen it coming and done something to prevent it? What are you going to say to the person when they do come back? What,…

As we come to the end of the year it’s time for some reflection. What have you learned as a result of everything you’ve experienced this past year? Now is the time of year that we typically look back on the goals we set at the start of the year to evaluate how we’ve done. Hopefully this time last year you set yourself SMART goals. If you did, hopefully you now know if you achieved them or not. Did you achieve all your goals (business…

reetings fellow professionals,

December is here at last, so fun, frolics and laughter cannot be far behind.

So, there you are as business slows down in the approach to Christmas with your carefully cultivated prospect list, trying to write the killer marketing e mail to get 2018 off with a bang……………..but, where do you start?…

Solution-focused brief therapy is an approach to psychotherapy based on finding and building solutions, rather than in-depth analysing of problems. Although it acknowledges present problems and past causes, it explores and focuses on an individual’s current resources and future hopes – the preferred future – helping them to look forward and use their own strengths to achieve their goals.

As its name suggests, solution-focused brief therapy is considered a time-limited approach,…

Morning fellow professionals, 

My apologies for missing a week on my e mails (did anyone notice? J) but last Friday was all about the “transition process” following the announcement that we will be Aston Lark with effect from July 2018.  Exciting times! 

Anyway,…

Thank you to all of you who’ve been reading my articles, but I thought it was time to take a step back and pose the question “Why should you care about the information I share with you? Why should you ‘listen’ to what I say? Why should you even contemplate working with me or referring me to others?” Well – the answer is simple – because I’ve been there. I know that it’s not as easy as it looks to be a great People Manager. So in this article I’m going to share my story.…

Following the revelations of sexual harassment and assault - and allegations of rape - by Harvey Weinstein that filled the news media a few weeks ago, I recently heard Sir Tom Jones on the radio admitting that something similar was attempted against him early in his career. There have been many scandals involving sexual harassment and abuse (including child abuse) in recent years; among the most notorious sexual predators here in the UK were Jimmy Saville and Cyril Smith, not to…

reetings fellow professionals on this fine Autumn Friday morning.

So, we all have a website, don’t we?

Why do we have it?

What is its purpose?

Does your website look the same and say the same as everyone else in your industry?

I appreciate that…

Greetings one and all,

As I was sampling “La Dolce Vita” last week in Southern Italy, I was reminded by how “success” in its many forms is always preceded by asking good questions……………because good questions lead to good answers…..and good answers lead to good information

Whether it was asking the Concierge as to his recommendation of the best local…

Washing hands with cold water ‘as good as’ hot water

Do you use hot or cold water when you wash your hands?

Well, new research suggests that cold water might be just as good as warm water!

US scientists studied a group of volunteers and found that washing with cold water (15C) instead of hot water (38C) didn’t make a big…

Greetings fellow professionals.

I appreciate that it is a bit early this week, but I am off to Sorrento tomorrow J

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Autumn has arrived, the days are getting shorter and the nights longer. You may be preparing the garden for winter and arranging any rubbish for a seasonal bonfire. And, at this time of year, where there's a bonfire there could be fireworks.

Keep your distance

Bonfires and fireworks can be a good excuse to bring together family and friends to enjoy the autumn nights, but they do require a bit of caution as many people, including children, are at risk of injury.…

I had a client who was looking to grow his Business. We discussed various options and decided that a loan over 5 years would be the way forward. 

I informed my customer that this would take time and I would keep him updated of the progress.

Having spent time putting the application together and addressing the Pros & Cons I submitted the application. 

I informed the customer that it had been submitted and that there would be a 48/72 hour answer back from the funder.…