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Why real book are better than ebooks.
It’s no secret that reading is good for you. Just six minutes of reading is enough to reduce stress by 68%, and numerous studies have shown that reading keeps your brain functioning effectively as you age. But not all reading is equal and not all media are as effective. In this article, the authors review Norwegian university research…
Read MoreTotal Leader® Newsletter – Jan 15
Our latest newsletter is an available for download. this edition’s topics include: Taking a Closer Look at Problem Solving Becoming More Effective A Winner Never Gives Up Determine What Success Means to You Develop Your Plan for Achievement Bridging the Gap Between Potential and Performance Just click on the button below to download. [av_button label=’Click…
Read MoreThe F word in business: it feels so good, but is it harming your company?
We all use it (although we probably deny it); when it’s used on us, we enjoy it (although we probably deny it); it fills the atmosphere and ethos in organisations with dangerous complacency and not a few injuries, as the back-slapping becomes unbearable. Yes – flattery is part of everyday life in most organisations and…
Read MoreLeadership lessons from Agincourt
I enjoy looking beyond the immediately obvious sources of business and management texts for lessons worth learning, and military history is possibly the best teacher of all. Last Friday was 25th October – St. Crispin’s day – and the anniversary of the famous battle of 1415, where English longbowmen punished the mistakes of the numerically…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Great Leader?
Armies, governments, rock bands, sports teams – even knitting groups – all need leaders. So there should be no surprise that businesses that have no clear leader, or no effective leadership, suffer from more than simply poor performance. This would be the perfect spot for a dictionary definition of ‘leader’ or ‘leadership’. But instead, the…
Read MoreThe power of written goals
‘Write a goal down?! Pah – It’s all up here in my head…!’ Goal setting is a key component of any successful person or business. When this subject comes up there is usually a look of dismay on my clients’ face when I explain how important writing them down is, and I hear sentences such…
Read MoreAre Your Employees Firing On All Cylinders?
Restructuring If Bob Costello, VP & Chief Economist of the American Trucking Associations, is right, the recovery has started. This is good news and potentially not such good news. Recently a leader shared with us a challenge we might all be facing. He had cut his staff in reaction to reduced demand and when he…
Read MoreRight Things, Right Time
Your ability to do the right things, at the right time, for right length of time in order to achieve your goals will ultimately be the key element in your success. Staying focused on your high pay off activities is the key to productivity and productivity is the well spring of success. The introduction of…
Read MorePositive Research on Coaching
Daniel Goleman tells of a friend, Richard Boyatzis, a professor at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western in Ohio. He researched brain imaging to analyze how coaching affects the brain differently when you focus on dreams instead of failings. Boyatzis said, “Talking about your positive goals and dreams activates brain centers that open…
Read MoreDr. Donald Kirkpatrick Dies
All at LMI-UK were very saddened to hear the news on Friday, 9 May 2014, that Dr. Donald L Kirkpatrick had died. He is noted as the man who almost singlehandedly made the industry aware of the critical importance of measuring training effectiveness and exerted immeasurable influence on learning and development. His four levels of training…
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