Blog Posts
Read our free blog posts and gain knowledge, insights, tips and techniques
Leading a Team You Were Once a Part Of
Leadership
Leading a team you were once part of is a daunting task. I this post, I share some lessons I learnt about taking over a team I was once a member of along with some tips to make the transition from team member to the leader of the team.
What is Assertiveness and How to Be Assertive?
Assertiveness Skills, Communication
What is Assertiveness? Assertiveness is often misunderstood. In this post, we look at what assertiveness is and how you can demonstrate more assertive behaviours.
The Impact of Poor Time Management on a Business
Time Management
Many people attend a time management training course as they see and feel the impact poor time management has on their business or them as an individual. Here are some ideas on the impact poor time management can have on a business.
8 Tips for Effective Meetings
Communication, Meetings
Are your meetings effective? In this post, we share 8 tips for making your meetings successful and running effective meetings. Some simple things that you can do to make sure your meetings add value and run smoothly.
How to Improve Cross Team Working
Communication, Team Development
In this post, we look at what it takes to ensure effective cross teamwork in an organisation. We look at how to ensure teams don't work in silos but look at ways to make sure that teams work efficiently and effectively together.
The Foundations of Leadership
Leadership
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be an effective leader? With the requirement to have so many different skills and behaviours, it can be really tricky to understand. To help simplify this, we’ve put together a simple model that helps you understand what’s required of an effective leader. We’ve called these the Foundations ... Read more
What Makes a Great Presentation?
Communication, Presentation Skills
What makes a great presentation? In this post, we share some top tips for delivering engaging presentations and ideas to make your presentations more effective and impactful.
Richard Branson’s 10 Rules for Being a Great Leader
Leadership
Sir Richard Branson has 10 rules of being a great leader that has kept him ahead of the game throughout his career. He shares these in a recent book and we have an overview of them here.
Stakeholder Analysis – The Power/Interest Grid
Building Relationships, Influencing, Project Management
The Power/Interest Grid is a great tool for stakeholder analysis. It allows us to group our stakeholders into categories that will help us to understand how much interaction we need with them and the type of interaction that works.
How to Make and Use a Mind Map®
Presentation Skills, Problem Solving, Taking Notes and Remembering Information
Mind Maps are an incredibly useful tool for note-taking or as reminders of discussion points for meetings, presentations or training courses. In this short post, we look at how to mind map.
