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3 Essential Skills for Leadership Development of the Future
In a recent webinar we participated in, it was suggested that in the next ten years, 50% of jobs will require new skills. This is music to a business trainer’s ears, but exactly what kinds of[...]
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Motivating Remote Workers, Re-engaging un-Furloughed Employees & Inspiring your Team
An issue we have been discussing recently with the delegates on our leadership development programmes is how they can help their team members to feel motivated, inspired and (re-) engaged,[...]
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Collaboration technology is the driving force for productivity…
…and businesses need to embrace it....Now! Employees who can easily collaborate with one another use their time more effectively and accomplish more. As a passionate advocate for the[...]
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Mirror, Mirror
I’m not a particularly vain person – but I will use a mirror to check my morning’s toast hasn’t left its marmite trails on my chin, or to affirm that yes it is a bad hair day. It’s a snapshot[...]
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Leading Excellence Into the Finals
An innovative magazine, created by three Cheltenham-based businesses, has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. An editorial and design collaboration between leadership development[...]
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‘Why’ is so important
Three-quarters of all companies are in the service industry yet service is often over-looked. I met Ian Mean, the former Citizen Editor, the other day and we were reminiscing on this, the fifth[...]
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Change starts with vision, but then what?
It seems that any discussion on organisational change takes one of two lines: either ‘change or die’; or ‘change is likely to fail’. Statistics like 50 percent to 70 percent of planned[...]
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High Performance
Dan Hunt was the Team Sky Directeur Sportif (DS) before being head-hunted to work for the Premier League's Elite Player Performance Plan. Dan was one of the masterminds behind Great Britain's[...]
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The 3 Stories Great Leaders Tell
Remember this mythical JFK story? The president was visiting NASA headquarters and stopped to talk to a man who was holding a mop. “And what do you do?” he asked. The man, a janitor, replied,[...]
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More Effective Communication
Ineffective communication is the bane of many companies. If you ask anyone in a business what can be improved in their company, usually communication will either come top or it will be high on[...]
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Sir Chris Bonington – Everest: The Hard Way
It was great to invite back to LEAD Sir Chris Bonington who once again delivered a spellbinding masterclass on Leadership Challenges to some of the region’s leading business people. Since the[...]
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Richard Branson on Growing your Business
Over the years we've started many Virgin businesses out of frustration at the way things were done in established sectors. Whether it was airlines, mobile telephones or financial services, we've[...]