Listening skills refer to the ability to actively receive, process, and understand spoken information. Unlike hearing, which is a passive physical process, listening requires focus, attention, and comprehension. Good listening skills in...

No matter where you are on your leadership development journey, an understanding of different leadership styles will help you. There are various types of leadership styles, each with its own unique characteristics and impact. Understand...

When dealing with any group or team, understanding how individuals engage is crucial for success. The 5 Ps Model categorises people based on their level of involvement, attitude, and contribution within a team or organisational setting....

Listening is an essential component of effective communication and is foundational to both building rapport with people and demonstrating emotional intelligence. Being able to listen properly is also a crucial leadership skill. Understanding th...

Wherever you are on your leadership journey, whether you are just leading yourself or managing thousands of people, there is always room for growth and improvement.Here, I will introduce a competency framework to support leaders in thei...

What is the biggest problem that you are facing now, and how should you try to solve it? Professor Keith Grint identified that there are three key types of problems: tame, critical, and wicked.His premise was that If you can ...

Have you ever had a problem that, in trying to solve it, you have made it worse?When trying to solve problems we make mistakes when we don’t properly understand the problem in the first place. Therefore, one critical step in decision-mak...

There are many types of questions, for example; open and closed, rhetorical, leading, loaded, or compound questions. This episode looks at six of the most common types using an example of two people going on a first date to the cinema.To...

12 Common Biases Explained With Help From Simon SinekImplicit biases are assumptions, beliefs and rules of thumb in our minds, often based on our experiences, but that may not be reasonable or accurate. Bias affects all thinking, and it ...

Mind Maps are a form of visual, non-linear notes developed by Tony Buzan and used by countless successful people.If you are anything like me, and used to doodle a lot at school (or still do when trying to listen and take notes) then you will li...

What are the most important life skills? How should we navigate work, survive challenges, and thrive in our relationships?Research by UNICEF

What is The Difference Between Coaching and Mentoring?The terms coaching and mentoring are often used synonymously but in professional terms there are some subtle yet important differences. It is not that one is better than the other, it...

So, what is a life coach and what do they do?A good coach can do many things but commonly a life coach helps people with:·      Clarity and Direction·      Personal Growth and Self-Impro...

How to Build a Personal Network or Team and the Key Roles You want to start a grand venture. You are in the driving seat ready to go. But, who do you want on the bus with you? Organisations expert Jim Collins poses this quest...

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (or MBTI®) is a popular psychometric questionnaire for helping to understand personality types.The MBTI approach is la...

Deliberate Practise: The 5 ElementsDon’t underestimate the cumulative effect of applied time. Investors understand the power of compound interest when it comes to money. The same applies to the time we invest in something, includi...

How to Apply the 4 Principles from Atomic Habits (by James Clear)Starting towards any goal means changing our behaviour and changing behaviour means developing new habits. The key to instilling new habits is knowing a ...

Breaking Down a Goal or Mission to Create an Action PlanTo take a mission statement and turn it into something actionable we need to break down the overall mission into constituent parts. We then end up with a hierarchy of larger down to...

Neuroscience research has proven that slow breathing techniques have positive effects on our central nervous system and psychological state. Using effective breathing techniques to slow respiration increases comfort, relaxation and ...

The Fight or Flight Response and What Happens During Amygdala Hijack Can you remember the last time you were nervous or angry? Perhaps you felt red-faced or that your pulse was racing? What you were feeling was a psychological threa...

Everything we do has an element of risk. We might decide to act or to do nothing but both options carry risk. Therefore assessing, and managing risk is an important part of completing our goals.This is how you can use this to...

Which brainstorming technique do you use to get new ideas? How do you improve your creative thinking? What do we mean by brainstorming?What is brainstorming and why should we do it?Brainstorming is about thinking creatively...

How do you maintain a good life balance? People often talk about work-life balance but the problem with thinking about balance in these terms is that it is purely binary. But work is an aspect of life, not a separate entity, and the...

If you could sum up your life purpose in a statement on a t-shirt, what would it say?What do you tell people when they ask you what you are about? What is your life purpose and how would you sum it up?When we talk about our...

How to Create Your Own Life Journey Map The metaphor that life is a journey is a popular one. Many of our favourite stories, from historical literature such as The Odyssey and