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Report Writing – What Makes a Good Report?

Business Writing
Report Writing is an important discipline for a wide variety of roles and the range of documents that arguably fall under that category is vast. Here are some tips on using active voice in your reports to make them more engaging.

Lessons in Leadership – Suzanne Eeles

Lessons in Leadership
In our second interview, we're delighted to welcome Suzanne Eeles, Managing Director of UKInsuranceNET who progressed from professional book-keeper to Managing Director in this very successful company.

What We’ve Learnt From Delivering Virtual Training

About Us, Virtual Training Courses
We've delivered virtual training courses since March 2019, but we've learn so much since the COVID-19 outbreak pushed more and more training online. Here's what we've learnt.

Lessons In Leadership Interview – Jill Dunn

Lessons in Leadership
In our first Lessons in Leadership interviews, we speak with Jill Dunn - a Senior Manager/Director, with 20+ years of leadership experience

Lessons In Leadership

Leadership
Ahead of our forthcoming podcast interview series ‘Lessons in Leadership’, I thought it would be appropriate to put down some thoughts and memories that have been sources of inspiration for me over the years.

Motivation – A Force to Be Reckoned With

Motivation
Some thoughts on Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how tis can be used as a force to motivate ourselves and others.

Thinking About Thinking – Where Does the Time Go?

Time Management
Following a recent time management course, I had cause to think about the topic of our next blog post on this subject. See my thoughts in the post below.

Shifting the advantage in Negotiation – Value vs Cost

Influencing, Negotiation Skills
Everyone wants a good deal. But not everyone values things in the same way. A carefully crafted plan when heading to the meeting table can help you get the best deal. In this post, we look at value v's cost.

5 Conversation Tools Every Leader Needs in Their Tool Kit.

Leadership
We recently shared some short videos on our social media channels about how to hold different kinds of conversations with your team members. Here are 5 powerful conversations tools you can use.

10 Hints and Tips to Strengthen Your Resilience

Health and Wellbeing
Hot to build resilience. Resilient people are able to use their skills and strengths to cope and recover from knockbacks and challenges. Learn 10 quick tips to boost your resilience.