When we arrived in Seville and stepped off the plane there was a strong wind, you might think the wind would be a blessing in the blistering heat but at 40 degrees it was like stepping into a fan oven. You know when you open the oven door to check on your dinner and get […]
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Always leave them with their bus fare home
I am a nonconformist for sure; I have always felt that the world was moving forward in a straight line and that my kith and kin and I were just a little to the left of whatever mainstream appeared to be. There is this other side to my personality though, that despite my eagerness to […]
Mediation – Strike While The Iron Is Hot – But How Hot?
Janice had the birthday card for their manager Jack on her desk. Whenever there was a birthday in the department she was always the one collecting the money and circulating the cards. She had 2 peo… Source: Mediation – Strike While The Iron Is Hot – But How Hot?
The Survival Machine
The male of all species on planet earth, from flies to elephants, have a genetic code that drives their behaviour and shapes their reproduction strategy. If they don’t, then they simply don’t reproduce. This primal urge exists purely to pass on their particular gene pool and what’s more, it’s hardwired into them! It’s also built […]
I would go without food, money or bread than lose either side to my head.
Myers Briggs Personality type Indicator. That very sentence has already had a polarising effect, right? I know this because I have heard nearly every opinion that people have about this kind of awareness training, from the passionately in favour through to the completely against and the full spectrum in between. Generally though, there are three […]
The Tribe Vibe
This was a hard blog to write because it begins with me admitting to something I have never thought about in many a year. When I was six years old, I stole a packet of biscuits from a Galbraith’s mini supermarket. The biscuits were bite sized treats called Iced Gems. They were the size of […]
Never mind who moved my Cheese, where are my teaspoons?
How many times today do you think that you will go to your cutlery drawer? Yesterday, I took six trips (I counted them). Going to the cutlery drawer is not the level of granularity in my life that I would typically pay attention to, or even think for a moment that you would be remotely […]
The Away Day/Team Building Conundrum
Back when I was a Learning and Development Business Partner, I met with a manager from one of my client areas to discuss the training plans for his team. Beaming me a big smile, he opened with, “I want to take them to a cook school!” “Right,” I said beaming right back at him ‘“Tell me about […]
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