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Written by our experienced team, on a wide variety of topics, our blogs will help you take command and transform performance in yourself and your teams.

Is Employee Engagement Really a Priority?

May 13, 2022

Employee Engagement, News

4 Steps to Making EE a Daily Habit. Organisations have been talking about employee engagement for years but research shows that for many businesses’ engagement levels have become stagnant, with…

How Effective Leadership Can Create An Inclusive Culture

April 28, 2022

Culture, Employee Engagement, News

With research showing that over the span of their career, the average person spends nearly 116,000 hours at work, it should be no surprise that corporate culture, no matter the…

Building a People First Culture Through Creativity & Intrinsic Motivation

April 27, 2022

Culture, Leadership, News

As a Director and Senior Consultant at Dale Carnegie Training, Nathan McNee directs culture, leadership, and commercial excellence programmes for global-level clients. In the first of this series, Nathan discusses…

Public Speaking Advice For The Hybrid Workplace

April 27, 2022

News

Public speaking is not confined to presenting to large audiences in auditoriums. It’s how we convey our messages in team meetings, client proposals and to everyone we communicate with.…

Gently Does It … Overcoming & Managing Weariness

April 25, 2022

Employee Engagement, News, Well-Being

We the people have ridden a tidal wave of emotion over the last two plus years because of, well, you know what. And, not to trivialise, things are still a…

Can Corporate Culture Survive Hybrid Working?

March 29, 2022

Culture, News

As businesses attempt to recall teams back into their premises, some are being met with a degree of resistance. Lots of employees have enjoyed home working or at the very…

The Great Retention: How Businesses Can Reduce Employee Turnover

January 24, 2022

Employee Engagement, Leadership, News

The Great Retention Vs The Great Resignation The Great Resignation (TGR) is essentially a working title for a 2021 trend that showed workers quitting jobs and changing careers at inordinately…

Practical Tips for Managing Challenging Conversations

January 17, 2022

Employee Engagement, Leadership, News

Challenging conversations can be one of the most daunting tasks a manager faces, with 50% citing difficult conversations as their biggest challenge. It’s a statistic reinforced by HR managers, who…

Why is focusing on Team Building in 2022 so critical to organisational success?

January 10, 2022

Culture, Employee Engagement, Leadership, News, Team Building

Introduction In the 2015 – 2016 season of the Premier League, a little-known football team from the East Midlands went on to win the beautiful game’s most prestigious prize –…

A Framework for Strengthening Relationships & Reducing Stress

December 16, 2021

News

The 3 Rs of Trauma is a communication model for children, devised by Dr Bruce Perry, a pioneering researcher and neuroscientist. The Three Rs are Regulate, Relate, and Reason. They provide a pathway to facilitate access…

Would you like fries with that? Hints for cross and up-selling.

December 16, 2021

News

Recently, I had an informative conversation with a Commercial Director in my network. When assessing sales processes in their organisation, they had observed several cross-sell and up-sell opportunities had either been…

EPIC Engagement: How Engaging Parenting Skills Can Inspire Colleagues

December 14, 2021

Employee Engagement, News

During one of the first programmes I ever delivered, a participant said that children spell love, T-I-M-E. In that the amount of time we spend with them reflects our love…

Use Them or Lose Them – Why Businesses Need to Develop Their Future Leaders NOW!

November 9, 2021

Leadership, News

With studies claiming that one in four employees are thinking of leaving their current job, and 80% of those saying it’s because they’re concerned about career advancement, there has never…

How to Return to the Office with Confidence

October 25, 2021

Employee Engagement, News, Well-Being

Introduction Anyone who has ever taken more than 10 days off for vacation, healthcare needs, or any other reason will be able to relate to the feeling of nervousness about…

Asking for Referrals and the Tale of a (Half) a Million Pound Question

October 21, 2021

News, Sales Effectiveness

In a recent conversation with a long-standing client, I was reminded of a Dale Carnegie quotation that would become a defining principle throughout my career: ‘91% of clients will give…

Empathetic Leadership Lessons from Grandad, Schumacher & Leeds Utd

October 19, 2021

Leadership, News

As the pandemic embers progressively dim, studies into workplace trends reveal a worrying development. Employees are regaining confidence in their organisation’s future, yet adverse retention is on the rise. The…

How to Develop the Conversation Around Female Leadership

October 5, 2021

Leadership, News

Spending over 2 decades working in and working alongside multi-national and global corporate organisations, I continue to witness the evolving landscape of mistrust, lack of support, office politics, disparagement, and…

The Increasing Importance of Employee Engagement in the ‘New Normal’.

September 17, 2021

Employee Engagement, News

Successful companies have had employee engagement on their agenda for many years, but when it comes to ensuring your employees are fully engaged and feel part of the company, it…

Communication in a Hybrid World

August 24, 2021

News

If 2020 was adapting to the webcam, 2021 is about quality, finesse, and credibility. As we transition to a different kind of environment where some of our team members are…

We All Need to ‘Belong’ – The Importance of Corporate Culture

June 30, 2021

Central England, Culture, London & the South East, News, Northern England, South West

The desire to belong to, and be part of something bigger than ourselves is a basic human instinct. With research showing that over the span of their career, the average…

5 Phases of Critical Thinking

June 24, 2021

News

In a world that is transforming and evolving at a rapid pace, we are increasingly confronted with information overload, the danger of paralysis by analysis and a raft of urgent…

COVID Friendly Team Building

June 24, 2021

News

Whilst having the capability to self-determine your own work or tasks, there can be instances where working alone can be negative. Physical distance or lack of proximity to your colleagues…

The Impact of Organisational Coaching on Business Results

June 15, 2021

Employee Engagement, Leadership, News

With the business environment becoming increasingly more complex, executive and organisational coaching have both become significantly more popular over the past twenty years. Once reserved for C-Suite Execs and corporate…

Agile Leadership in the Blended Workplace

May 25, 2021

Leadership, News

Reflecting on business leadership throughout the pandemic we have seen some distinct themes. Initially, there was a requirement to lead through the ‘new normal’, guiding teams through lockdown, furlough, redundancies,…

When Will I See You Again? 5 Tips for Successful Virtual Sales Calls!

May 4, 2021

News, Sales Effectiveness

COVID-19 has changed the way we sell forever, with recent research revealing only 20% of B2B decision makers are keen to return to in-person sales meetings (McKinsey). Pivoting from being…

Our Blogs

Is Employee Engagement Really a Priority?

How Effective Leadership Can Create An Inclusive Culture

Building a People First Culture Through Creativity & Intrinsic Motivation

Public Speaking Advice For The Hybrid Workplace

Gently Does It … Overcoming & Managing Weariness

Can Corporate Culture Survive Hybrid Working?

The Great Retention: How Businesses Can Reduce Employee Turnover

Practical Tips for Managing Challenging Conversations

Why is focusing on Team Building in 2022 so critical to organisational success?

A Framework for Strengthening Relationships & Reducing Stress

Would you like fries with that? Hints for cross and up-selling.

EPIC Engagement: How Engaging Parenting Skills Can Inspire Colleagues

Use Them or Lose Them – Why Businesses Need to Develop Their Future Leaders NOW!

How to Return to the Office with Confidence

Asking for Referrals and the Tale of a (Half) a Million Pound Question

Empathetic Leadership Lessons from Grandad, Schumacher & Leeds Utd

How to Develop the Conversation Around Female Leadership

The Increasing Importance of Employee Engagement in the ‘New Normal’.

Communication in a Hybrid World

We All Need to ‘Belong’ – The Importance of Corporate Culture

5 Phases of Critical Thinking

COVID Friendly Team Building

The Impact of Organisational Coaching on Business Results

Agile Leadership in the Blended Workplace

When Will I See You Again? 5 Tips for Successful Virtual Sales Calls!

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