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Tag Archive: development

In Praise of Normal

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Until recently weird = good and “normal” meant not only boring but utterly rubbish. In youthful alternative Brighton where I live this is, ironically, the norm. I have however had quite a radical non-radical change of heart of late. Here’s why: Being Conservative I’m becoming conservative...not I would quickly add a supporter of the UK Conservative Party, ...

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Training Olympics – The L&Decathlon

As Olympic fever starts to engulf the UK, I ask myself what would an Olympics for learning and development look like?  Here are a few ideas for what fellow trainers and coaches could battle it out competing in: Public-Sector Hurdles A gruelling series of red-tape-heavy forms to ...

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Why the British are Scared of Personal Development

(and why a British approach would be really rather jolly bloody good) When trying to describe my work in the UK I sometimes hear things like, “It sounds a bit American” and ”Are you one of those American motivational gurus?” Such comments are normally oozing both ...

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Mumanagment – How Mumsey Taught me Executive Leadership Development

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This Mother’s Day I got to thinking - most of the work that I do in executive leadership development can be traced back to good advice I received as a child from my mother (and also other family members, infants-school teachers etc). Most of what I, and other management trainers and consultants do, is ...

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“It’s all your Fault”

Do you make excuses or shift blame for something going wrong? Take a look at this and see what Mark Walsh says about this in relation to personal leadership. If you liked this video you may be interested to read the following articles: Lead Stoicism - Stoic ...

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The Pain and Beauty of Service

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