Managing Change Managing change can be viewed from a number of different angles, and opportunities exist all around us to learn from the experiences of others. I was very fortunate to be invited on a short business trip to Göteborg (Gothenburg) recently. My first visit to Sweden, I was intrigued as to how I would […]

Twelve Tips for Becoming a Successful Manager Management Skills and Behaviours – Tips 1 to 3 Most of us become managers because we are good at the task part of our job and usually have completely untested management skills. The job being a manager is easy. The job of being a good manager is very […]

What Makes a Good Trainer?     In this second part of this Train the Trainers series I will examine what makes a good trainer and therefore why they need a good train the trainers course. I started by identifying the key behaviours for a good trainer. To do this I used one of our […]

In starting this series of blogs on training the trainers, a quote immediately comes to mind “He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.” Credited to George Bernard Shaw, there have been many variations – a common one being “Those that can, do. Those that cannot, teach.” Sounds like something Yoda would come up with. […]

There’s a Steakhouse in Downtown Dallas where you can get a really good steak. This in itself is not suprising. The USA is renowned for creating good steak dinners and Texas has to be up there amongst the best of them. So why mention one good steakhouse out of so many? Well, apart from the […]

I meet lots of new people in my line of work and at social events they have a tendency to ask me what I do for a living. Now this question is a lot more challenging for me than they might think. Most people who have “proper jobs” are given a handy job title which […]