Cultural Differences – Perception of Time
Difference in the perception is time is an important aspect of social and business interaction that an expatriate manager has to deal with. Training on the perception of time as a cultural...
View ArticleConflict Resolution in 12 Simple Steps
Conflict is a fact of life – it happens all the time to all of us, whether it be through business or personal relationships. Firstly, I would like to stress that conflict is not always a bad thing –...
View ArticleDeep and Surface Learning
Take anything that you have learnt in the past or that you are learning at present. Now take a step back and think about the way that you are or have gone about the learning – now read on. Deep...
View ArticleBiological Altruism – Are We Hard-Wired to Act in a Socially Caring Manner Or...
There exists a current debate over whether behaving in a socially caring manner, or social altruism, is a learned behavior or whether human beings are hard wired, or genetically predisposed, to behave...
View ArticleSelf-Direction in Learning helps Develop Confidence in Adults
It seems that, no matter what topic I train in, the one big issue with learners that I encounter on a daily basis are questions of confidence, which can be manifested in a number of ways, notably,...
View ArticleManaging Stress and Priorities
Duration – 2 days Course Objectives After attending this 2-day course, participants will be able to effectively plan & prioritise their work, manage interruptions and time wasters, beat work...
View ArticleIs your accent important in the workplace?
It is sometimes surprising how some of us consider that we do not have a regional accent, when we really do. Accent is part of us, our roots, our heritage and our history – it’s what makes us, well,...
View Article10 Steps to Implementing 360° Feedback as a Powerful Learning tool
360° feedback is a multi-source form of feedback aimed at improving performance in the workplace and can be used in a number of contexts in the organisation. The source of the feedback is meant to...
View ArticleWho am I? Raising Self Concept and Self Esteem
Ever been in a group setting where people are introducing themselves and noticed what they say? OK, this is a strange question – of course you listen to what people say. But, do you really notice what...
View Article10 Reasons Why Training Fails So Often
Millions of people in as many companies spend billions a day on training, in an attempt to improve on skills and competences, assimilate new concepts and learn. Learning involves physical changes in...
View ArticleGroup Coaching – Transforming Groups into Teams
Some purists will have their hackles up after reading the title of this post, stating that the only form of coaching is one-to-one and any form of group coaching should be termed training, workshops or...
View ArticleIs there a difference between Accent and Pronunciation in Language Learning?
I was speaking with a French woman this morning who said that she is terrified to speak English as, in her words, “I have a bad accent.” We then spoke about this and it turns out that she was told...
View ArticleLearning to Listen – One of the hard Soft Skills
One of the most important keys to becoming a good learner is the ability to listen – to become, what is often termed, a ‘good listener’. Many consider themselves to be good listeners, although what...
View ArticleDeveloping Team Skills Through Delegation
Delegation is one of the key aspects of leadership and management and one of the kingpins in the development of human capital throughout the organisation, a skill that can be learnt, but one that is...
View ArticleJob Stress Management – Methods of Managing Stress in the Workplace
For many of us, our jobs are a major cause of the stress in our lives. The sources of stress at the workplace can be long hours and physical exertion, a demanding boss, coworkers that we don't get...
View Article25 Tips to Motivate People in Your Organisation
Organisations which suffer from a lack of initiative coming from their people can often find the solution to their problem internally, in the systemic roots of their corporate culture. Those...
View ArticleLanguage as a Window into Human Nature
Language and meaning are a fascinating subject – as illustrated in the video below, which shows the way, in which, speakers attempt to put meaning into words – sometimes producing the desired effect...
View ArticleEven Negative People have Positive Intentions
If you are in a situation where you are rubbing shoulders in some way with negative people, the title of this post will be quite hard to believe and accept – I mean, how on Earth can negative people...
View ArticleLearning 3.0 Are we up to the challenge?
I decided to write this post in response to one of the comments I received on the site relating to Learning 3.0 – the comment being, why do we need different versions? That in itself is an interesting...
View ArticleThere’s no point fighting stress – Manage it!
Have you have ever been in a stressful situation – what am I saying? Everybody has been, and go through stressful situations nearly everyday of their lives – stress is a natural fact of life. So why do...
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