Humility, or being humble, is a characteristic which is sometimes perceived to be a barrier to success, a weakness even. It can suggest that you sell yourself short. That you put yourself down when comparing against others. That you don’t think as highly of yourself...
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How to Build Executive Presence
The impression of yourself that you display to others is composed of a multitude of micro-behaviours. These are tiny fleeting verbal and nonverbal signals which wield significant power in your social world. And it is these micro-behaviours which can help you build...
The Problem with Self-Evaluations
Do you encourage a competitive or cooperative atmosphere in your workplace? How you answer that question may indicate that you are not getting the best out of your employees. In general, even if there is a cooperative element in your work, western culture tends to...
The Neuroscience of Whether to Laugh or Cry this Christmas
Last year I wrote a post on the neuroscience of Christmas overwhelm for Huffington Post. On the 29th November this year, I'd started to feel it. That’s too early in my book. In early December I was giving a talk on the neuroscience of laughter. A Coach who uses...
Behind The Scenes at a Recent Training
Last week saw the arrival of the much anticipated taster training day developed by the partnership of the Wales Centre for Behaviour Change and Synaptic Potential. Delegates from a variety of Welsh SMEs were introduced to some of the latest trends and research in...
Communication For Inspiration
The purpose of today’s column is to demonstrate how informal conversations that go on during a coffee break can be a critical determinant of whether your business succeeds or fails. Essentially, if you want to ride the financial storm and respond to a changing economic and commercial environment, then don’t cancel the coffee breaks!
Communication skills…is your amygdala working for you
Social Media, networking, face to face meetings…they all involve you being sociable right? And they are all big players in business. Your ability to connect with people and build relationships, both personal and professional, is important in life. A recent study has...
Poisonous Powerpoints…Protect your Presentation
Have you ever sat through a boring, sleep inducing, un-engaging powerpoint? Then you know how damaging it can be to the credibility of the person and message involved. It is better not to do a presentation than to do a bad one. In this day and age with all the...
Need to convince people to sell?
Sales can have a mixed reputation. Some people love sales and understand the depth and complexities of the people they are selling to respectfully. Other people think that just clobbering people over the head with information...
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