November 20, 2015
Could Your Team Be Happier?
Do you have to love what you do for a living to be happy at work? As an editor, I play with words all…
Mindtools unveils brand refresh and new M: Suite, signalling a new era in leadership and management skills development
Mindtools, a global provider of leadership and management development solutions, is launching its refreshed brand and introducing M: Suite, a comprehensive and interconnected portfolio of innovative learning products and services that meet a breadth of skills development needs in the leadership and management space. Mindtools has been the trusted partner…
November 6, 2015
My Awkward Team Meeting
Have you ever been in a team meeting at work and wanted the ground to swallow you up? What’s your most cringe-worthy memory of…
November 2, 2015
The Paradox of Servant Leadership
Like many people, I’d viewed the idea of ‘servant leadership’ with a fair amount of skepticism. Not knowing much about it, I thought the term…
October 30, 2015
What Gives You Your “Get Up and Go?”
“Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.” ~ Benjamin Franklin. Motivation is the feeling that makes you want to act now or, as…
October 27, 2015
Dealing With People Who Don’t Listen!
Why won’t they listen?! It can be exasperating when you’re trying to communicate with someone, but you know that what you are saying is “going…
October 13, 2015
How to be a Successful Intrapreneur
Until I recently stumbled upon an unfamiliar term – intrapreneur – I considered myself a typical Mind Tools’ blogger who keeps up with the business…
October 12, 2015
Let’s Hear It for Middle Managers
Are middle managers unsung heroes? It’s certainly easy for them to keep a low profile, while still doing an excellent job. They’re in the middle…
September 29, 2015
Beat the Post-Vacation Blues!
One of the cruel, undeniable facts about time is that it crawls along painfully slowly when you are engaged in an uninspiring task, but absolutely…
September 1, 2015
What’s More Important: Speaking or Listening?
I’ve mentioned in a previous blog about an inspirational poster that I have in my bedroom. It’s called the Seven Steps…
August 31, 2015
Live a Life That Matters
Sometimes it takes a shock to jolt us out of unhelpful habits. For Jason Garner, it was the premature death of his mother. He…
August 28, 2015
Playing to Your Strengths
“Everyone makes mistakes.” How often have you heard that, or even said it yourself? Chances are, fairly often… and usually when a mistake has been…
August 21, 2015
Do I Really Know You?
As a crime reporter for various regional newspapers, I was exposed to the hidden – and sometimes not so hidden – underbelly of life in…