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Top 10: managing change…

Monday, July 20, 2009

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1: Embedding is important: making the change is relatively easy; it’s embedding the change that’s difficult.  Ensure you have both a strategy and resources to keep the change going, once the changes have been made 2: 3Is: inform, involve, inspire: keep people informed at all times - even if there is no news, say so.  Change [...]

Recommended reading…

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Just read ‘Never Die Easy’, the biography of my favourite Americal Football player, Walter Payton.  It’s a simply written but effective tribute to an inspiring man.  Absolutely worth a read if you want a the life of a positive role model, on and off the field.

Funnies…

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Just back from a week’s holiday in Spain.  A client has sent an email to Caroline asking about some training booked for later this week.  “Please can you confirm if it is Arnie so I can inform security.” Caroline thought this hilarious, and replied: “yes it is - so perhaps you had better get the cavalry [...]

Ideas and innovations…

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Saw this when training in Coventry College.  There was a full wall display, where teams of two or three students had created an anatomy of the torso on a t-shirt.  Great fun, very imaginative, and a great wall display - and accessory for clubbing….!

Fab or drab…

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Working with Sheffield College recently, and this is the training room.  It’s converted from the Hillsborough Barracks, and a lovely venue it was, too… during the same week, we were training with another Manchester-based client, and this was the view of their warehouse, from the training room…. If any of you are movie fans, and have seen [...]

Recommended reading…

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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This is a new feature, which I hope you’ll find helpful, and will contribute to yourself. This is a list of books that are favourites of ours, that we can recommend under a range of topics that we provide training and development in, plus some ’specials’ which don’t fit any particular category, but are good, mind [...]

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Just to let you all know that on our SLIDEAS site, we are now offering a new powerpoint presentation every fortnight (alternate Sundays), for you to download for free! Our back catalogue of presentations is also available. So don’t miss out on these freebies - check the site regularly!! We’d also be interested in any similar presentations you have. Just email them to me, and I’ll get them published, with full credits to the author!