‘My Boss Sent Me’
August 17, 2010
Recently, I was coaching a couple of colleagues to become better trainers, guys who were consultants in Benefits Realisation Management. Fairly early on we considered the distinctions between training and consultancy. The first observation... Read more...
Modesty Prevents ….
August 17, 2010
My colleague in pearcemayfield, John Edmonds, also blogs. He is also both a superb trainer and a modest man. So this emailed comment from one of his recent delegates came to my attention, and I felt that I ought to quote it: "I've not long finished... Read more...
The Strategic Moment
July 19, 2010
One of my favourite passages in elsewhere, we make better decisions when our head and our heart agree. We make better decisions that are congruent with our value systems and passion as well as making rational, logical sense. He releases himself... Read more...
Cuts in charitable funding are what I’m talking about
July 17, 2010
In my last post I spoke about stress and simplistic responses to the call to make public sector budget cuts. Well we are seeing a lamentable expression of that now.This morning the BBC had feature illustrating this:Charities have warned cuts in local... Read more...
Stress makes you stupid: why this matters to public agency decisions
July 14, 2010
A few years ago I co-presented with Helen Whitten of positiveworks to the title 'Stress Makes You Stupid'. We used a piece of technology called 'biodots', little circular stickers which we gave out to delegates. If you stick a biodot onto the back... Read more...