Is it still worth investing in peoples’ training and development when retention is such a serious challenge for most businesses in this day and age? The above statement almost seemed not quite right as I was verbalising it to myself. Surely investment in people has to be an ongoing no brainer ‘Yes’ answer, or is…
The term ‘Outsourced Business Partner’ is not a common usage business term. It’s one we have been using more recently to genuinely reflect the work that we do with clients. It has emerged due to the fact that we work at a far more granular level with them than say a business coach or consultant…
No matter what the size of an organisation, employers are always looking for that special brand of person who has both the capabilities and desire to step up into a leadership role. Without people willing to do that, things stay as they are which limits overall company growth and potential. But of course, how do…
I recall when I was first commencing my coaching journey back in 2000 my mentor at the time made a comment like ‘a consultant is someone you love in the moment because they have provided a solution but dislike in the morning because they have disempowered you’. At the time I remember being intrigued and somewhat…
One of the tenets of Stoic philosophy is what is called the ‘Dichotomy of control’. That means clearly understanding what is within our ability to control and what falls outside our direct control. The resulting generally accepted wisdom is to focus only on what is within our power to control. For example, a student…
“Travel only with thy equals or better. If there are none, travel alone.” – The Dhammapada 5th Century BC Have you ever been in that situation where you are with someone who exudes far too much negative energy and you simply want to run away as fast as you can? However, you were brought up…
“The real voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust Several years ago, I was looking at an impressive array of business and personal development books on a friend of mine’s bookshelf. At the time he was struggling with his business and it seemed like every second…
If you stand, stand. If you sit, sit. Above all don’t wobble – Unknown Zen Master. One of the interesting things about quotes is that it enables us to use our imagination as to their meaning and interpretation. What a wise sage wrote some 2000 or so years ago and really meant to say is…
Friday’s Off expose the 7 attributes of wise people in the context of decision making “There is something here I do not know, the knowing of which could change everything.” – Neale Donald Walsh Have you ever had that nagging feeling that something does not feel right about the decision you are about to make?…
Steve Clark entered the personal and business improvement industry in the year 2000. Prior to that, he held a number of corporate positions in larger companies, many of those in overseas locations over a 20-year period. Much of that work involved long periods away from his young family, and as a result, his work-life balance…