What is Emotional intelligence? In 1990 John Mayer and Peter Salovey’s research confirmed that some people are better than others at 1. identifying what people are feeling, 2. solving problems that involve emotional issues and 3. identifying their own feelings. They...
We are often asked by leaders which books, videos or articles we recommend for their development. There are so many out there it is obviously hard to choose. It depends a lot on what your area of interest is and your preferred learning style as to what might float...
Training people up. Time to read: 1 minute: I have just returned from a great week running some leadership workshops in Dubai. This was the first time I have been to Dubai and this meant I had to spend a fair bit of time trying to figure out how to get there,...
Everybody has a different idea of what a challenge is. We often assume we know what a challenge is for others and indeed ourselves. It sometimes takes a fair bit of soul searching and honesty to find out what the real challenge is though. It is usually some form...
I went mountain biking the other day with some friends, because my mate had organised it and picked a place and date. I had been meaning to get out on my bike for a couple of months and just hadn’t got round to doing it. Why hadn’t I organised it? Because there was no...
