May 26, 2015
Are Learning Styles Going Out of Style?
How do you learn more quickly and thoroughly? Some say they learn best through hearing and speaking about new concepts. Others prefer visual presentations. Kinesthetic…
Posts categorised with 'Team Management'
May 18, 2015
Let’s Try to Get Along
They say you can’t choose your family – you just have to try to get along. And we all know the affronts, compromises and negotiations…
May 12, 2015
Managers Versus Leaders: the big Debate!
What’s the difference between managers and leaders? It’s one of those questions you might expect to answer if you’re sitting an…
May 1, 2015
Caregiving and Work – When the Cracks Start to Show
I’d got no further than taking off my coat and turning on my laptop when my desk phone rang – it was my mom. “Charlie?…
April 28, 2015
Personality vs Character
A century ago, the military asked the American Psychological Association to develop a test capable of identifying soldiers susceptible to shell shock. Rorschach inkblots then…
April 27, 2015
The key to Innovation
What has Leonardo da Vinci got to do with creating an engaging marketing campaign or reducing your company’s carbon footprint? Quite a lot, if…
April 24, 2015
Who’s on the Team?
I’ve been lucky to work under a number of successful management teams in the past… but I’ve also worked with teams that, frustratingly, didn’t quite…
April 10, 2015
A Crash Course in PTSD
I knew it was going to hurt as soon as the car pulled out across my path. The only questions in my mind were: how…
April 6, 2015
Beyond Bias
Very few of us would admit it, but we are all biased. Research shows that all of us are naturally drawn toward people like ourselves…
April 3, 2015
Bully for you!
I’m a fully grown, professional man. I’ve worked hard and thrived in many high-pressure situations; I know my own mind and don’t allow myself to…
March 30, 2015
How to Fail Faster and Better
Since leaving my job as a news reporter for Thomson Reuters and going freelance some years ago, I’ve had to come to terms with failure…
March 27, 2015
Say What you Think!
I was looking after my eight-year-old nephew last weekend, and I’d love to say it was a pleasure but it wasn’t! His parents…