In February of this year, I took a decision on the spur of the moment. Inspired by a brilliant session at our monthly Public Speakers...

(Transcript by Otter) What type of leader are you? Are you a big visionary, a big picture person? Or are you a detailed thinker who likes...

Imagine I was to offer you an amazing new product. Something that would make people sit up and pay more attention to what you said. A...

Two days ago, I was in Barcelona airport, preparing to catch a flight to Birmingham, UK. I was coming over to visit my 96-year-old father...

(Negotiation skills part 1) I love to strike a good deal. As a virtually penniless student backpacking through Morroco, I remember...

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Nearly everyone these days manages a “to do” list. They can be a powerful way of managing the multitude of activities we face in modern...

The pandemic had many disastrous impacts on business, but one that is rarely highlighted is the proliferation of meetings that it caused....

One of the best bosses I have had in my career was called Brent Tanner. He had great charisma, a sense of humor, and always spoke his...

Last week I read an article by Ali Parandeh explaining in detail how entrepreneurs should highlight their USP or Unique Selling Point by...

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Aristotle was right (in a lot of things). Doing...

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One of the only bright spots for me during the Pandemic lockdown at the beginning of 2020 was a series I saw on Netflix. I don´t really...

One thing that is shocking in life is how we turn into our parents! Now at 53 years old, I find myself saying the same things to my kids...

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I love preparing people for interviews. So many clichés come up every time… “I am a people person” “My main weakness is that I am a...

This Sunday morning I watched as my son´s basketball team suffered a rare defeat. They sit 4th in their league table and have had a good...

“Nobody likes to have tough conversations, but if you´re a leader, you can´t avoid them” John C. Maxwell We have all been there. There is...

Up until my early 40s I had always gone it alone when it came to my career. It seemed to me that it was my personal responsibility to get...