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Self-Awareness: Possibly the Greatest Soft Skill of All

Charles Smith

May 4, 2022

Do You Know Who You Are? In our uncertain times, self-awareness is an extremely important skill everyone in business could…

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10 Reasons Why Business Communication is Critical

Aniya More

May 2, 2022

Why is Business Communication So Crucial? For any organisation, business communication is of primary importance. Effective business communication is needed…

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Flexibility and Adaptability: How to Achieve Them at Work

Jack

April 30, 2022

Hard-Working Team Player Employers, or rather, job adverts always write the same ‘requirements’ or ‘personality traits’ into their advertisements. It…

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How Are You? Let’s Give This Question The Upgrade it Deserves

Darren A. Smith

April 28, 2022

‘How Are You?’ What Question Are You Asked When You Checkout of a Hotel? With the pandemic hopefully in our…

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Prioritising: How To Prioritise More Effectively

Darren A. Smith

April 27, 2022

Tackled What Needs to Be Tackled First! Making decisions is hard. Choosing is hard. Prioritising is hard. It is much…

Presenting with Impact – Stop The Boring Presentations

Sarah Garratt

April 26, 2022

Everyone makes mistakes when presenting with impact. It is inevitable, but how can we limit the mistakes and be the…

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10 Change Management Models that Create Results

Charles Smith

April 26, 2022

Making Business People-Focused Change management models play a key role in helping businesses design, plan and implement change and make…

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Examples of Good Leaders: Diligent, Influential and Respectful

Jack

April 25, 2022

Examples of Good Leaders Come in All Shapes & Sizes The Google definition of a leader is: ‘The person who…

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2-Way Communication: Take it to a Higher Level

Charles Smith

April 19, 2022

We Need to Touch Base 2-way communication involves senders and receivers passing information back and forth. The ‘content’ has meaning…

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Great Leadership: Great Leaders are Consummate Learners

Roxanne Derhodge

April 18, 2022

The Road to Great Leadership The greatest leaders that I have experienced in my career are the ones that are…

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How to Calm Nerves Before a Presentation: Simple ‘Hack’

Darren A. Smith

April 14, 2022

Nervous Before a Presentation? A Big Meeting? An Important Pitch? We’ll Share With You How to Calm Your Nerves Before…

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Multigenerational Workforce: What Is It, Its Benefits & Its Challenges

John Paul Davis

April 13, 2022

It is No Secret That the Workforce is Constantly Evolving Employees are no longer retiring at 65 or staying with…

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