One of a generation of motivational speakers, Zig Ziglar, died last week at the age of 86. When I began to perform myself in the late 1980s, it was often tapes by Ziglar that I would listen to as I… Continue reading
After my previous article on how to use an elevator pitch to engage others, one of my networking colleagues, Phillip Khan-Panni, raised a couple of interesting points about the elevator pitch and I thought I’d address these separately. He was… Continue reading
“I never know quite how to introduce myself…” “People never seem prepared to listen to me when it’s my turn to explain what I do…” “Well, I’m just one of those boring…” “I come away thinking that they haven’t really… Continue reading
The other week, I was at a meeting of a century old institution. The incoming President presented the results of a review that he’d been engaged in, that had impacts on the organisational structure, especially that affecting a number of… Continue reading
From Sunday 27th May 2012, website owners are expected to offer visitors to their site the opportunity to manage the use of cookies. Specifically, “From Sunday, sites must obtain ‘informed consent’ from visitors before saving cookies on a machine.” This… Continue reading
BLOG: What exactly is an entrepreneur? I’ve been doing a lot of work around the nature of entrepreneurism lately, and thought it might be a worthwhile topic to explore with a wider group of people too. Mention the term ‘entrepreneur’… Continue reading
OD is the art of organisation development – the application of behavioural science to turn work into a positive and successful place in which people are fulfilled. As a discipline, OD emerged in the 1950s as a product of an… Continue reading
It was a sad day this week, when I learnt of the death of an old colleague, John Macdonald. This isn’t an obituary, there are times and places for those, but I would like to reflect on one of his… Continue reading
“With so little effort on my own part, I can empower an unlimited amount of people for all time. I can’t imagine a better use of my time.” Salman Khan – founder of the Khan Academy The history In late… Continue reading
I’ve been engaged in dialogue with someone on a forum dedicated to helping people find work. In the course of it, I began to expound my own perspective on the current economic, political and social climate and my frustrations at… Continue reading
