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Author: Darren

  • The art of the short but productive meeting

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    I have delivered quite a few training sessions on productive meetings over the last 12 months. I am a big advocate for the short meeting and I consistently state that a meeting should go longer than 20 minutes. I doing this for effect and I later explain that some meetings (only some) can go longer.…

  • Sunday Zephyr – HOT

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    Photo by Ryan James Christopher on Unsplash Hi, hope your Sunday is going well. Many of us are going through some very hot weather. It isn’t easy to relax and get ready for another week of work. Here is a great video which may help. Watch and cool down. Watch and enjoy the ride. Can’t see the video…

  • Mission Statements

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    Photo by Darko Popovic on Unsplash I was doing some training over the last two weeks on strategic planning and then operational planning. If you are doing this yourself you will know that one difficult thing for many participants to comprehend is the mission statement and it’s purpose. I found this great article which provides 50 mission statements.…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Cross Cultural Communication

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    Photo by Tim Marshall on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? At some time today I am going to be continuing an online program ‘Improving your intercultural competence’. I am getting some useful information out of the program and thought I would share a video from the program. Hope you enjoy it. Can’t see the video – click…

  • Google Tools

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    Photo by Elyssa Zornes on Unsplash I use a lot of Google products and tools from Drive to Tasks to Photos. They are great and they are free. I am currently thinking about paying for an upgrade on Drive so that I can back up my whole system. I am pretty sure that I don’t know all of…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Value & Worth

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    Photo by Nik MacMillan on Unsplash How’s your Sunday going? For people in OZ it is a long weekend because of Australia Day. Hope you are enjoying it. This week I have been working on a complex program, part of which involves conflict, negotiation and conflict resolution. By chance I found a great video related to negotiation and…

  • Mind Fitness

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    I had a very interesting discussion with a colleague about a program I will be running soon, It is on emotional intelligence. Complex concept and many ways you can tackle it as a facilitator. One way is to venture into meditation. I have written posts on this before. I understand that not everyone is open…

  • Video downloader – Wow!

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    Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash I tried this video downloader out on the weekend and it is great. Very handy to have the video on your own computer or on a USB when you are in areas where the internet is dodgy or just doesn’t exist. It is much better than the previous one I had used.…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Read more this year

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    How is your Sunday going? Mine started with at least an hour of reading. Did yours? I think reading is so important. I don’t care what you read there is just too much research and evidence out there that indicates that reading is good for your brain and your soul. For educators I think it…

  • Can we train creativity?

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    Photo by David Clode on Unsplash The answer to my posts title is no. At least I don’t think so, not yet. I can train you in certain methods techniques etc which may provide some new insights but true creativity is something going on in your brain that I don’t believe I can touch or influence. The article…